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Comfort Care<br />
P assion for excellence. Compassion for people.<br />
<strong>With</strong> <strong>Joyous</strong> <strong>Spirits</strong><br />
2008 Festival of Trees<br />
Jumpstart your holiday season by gathering<br />
with family and friends at the Festival of Trees<br />
to benefit <strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice<br />
Services.<br />
More than 300 committed volunteers and sponsors,<br />
working WITH JOYOUS SPIRITS, will turn The Rose<br />
Garden in Wausau into a dazzling display of nearly a<br />
hundred holiday items for this year’s Festival scheduled<br />
Wednesday, November 26 to Sunday, November 30. You<br />
are invited to join the more than 4,000 people who attend<br />
this annual holiday Festival.<br />
Last year more than $165,000 was raised to benefit<br />
patients and their families who receive compassionate<br />
and specialized end-of-life and palliative services through<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice Services. This year,<br />
dozens of specialty items such as wreaths and centerpieces<br />
have been added to the list of decorated items available<br />
through progressive auction.<br />
For more information or to volunteer,<br />
call 847-2380 or 800-847-4707 or<br />
visit www.wausaufestivaloftrees.org.<br />
A newsletter for family and friends of<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice Services<br />
Fall 2008
Special Events<br />
Reservations are required and seating is limited for special events. All festivities are held at The Rose Garden<br />
(except the Butterfly Luncheon). For information and tickets by credit card visit wausaufestivaloftrees.org.<br />
or call the <strong>Aspirus</strong> Information Center at 847-2380 or 800-847-4707.<br />
Butterfly Luncheon<br />
Thursday, November 20<br />
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.<br />
Tickets: $35.00 per person<br />
Wausau Country Club<br />
A special pre-Festival event featuring<br />
fine dining, guest speaker, and a<br />
chance to win valuable raffle prizes<br />
from area businesses.<br />
• Suitable for a holiday business<br />
gathering.<br />
• Valet parking available<br />
• Seating for tables of six to ten people.<br />
Wednesday, November 26<br />
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />
Thursday, November 27<br />
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />
Friday, November 28<br />
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.<br />
Saturday, November 29<br />
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />
Sunday, November 30<br />
12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.<br />
Gala Reception<br />
Tuesday, November 25<br />
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.<br />
Tickets: $40.00 per person<br />
This special pre-Festival gala<br />
features gourmet hors d’oeurves,<br />
complimentary beer and champagne,<br />
and a cash bar with a special dessert<br />
buffet. Live entertainment including<br />
the Sid Kyler Dixieland Jazz Band and<br />
a chance to win valuable raffle prizes<br />
from area businesses is part of the<br />
pre-event activity. The business attire<br />
event is for adults and suitable for a<br />
holiday evening outing.<br />
Tickets Available at the Door<br />
Ages 12 & Under: $3.00<br />
Ages 13 & Over: $5.00<br />
Attendees will receive a complimentary<br />
cookie and beverage with their<br />
admission. Special live music<br />
is provided each day, except<br />
Thanksgiving Day.<br />
Hosting Sponsor<br />
The Rose Garden<br />
131 West Thomas Street<br />
Wausau, WI<br />
Schedule<br />
Teddy Bear Breakfast<br />
Saturday, November 29<br />
8:00 – 9:15 a.m.<br />
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.<br />
Sunday, November 30<br />
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.<br />
Ages 2-10: $9.00<br />
Ages 11 & Up: $12.00<br />
Children may bring their own<br />
huggable friend to meet Santa, talk<br />
with “Bruce the Spruce”, call an elf at<br />
his workshop, visit with Santa’s clowns<br />
and have their furry friend inspected<br />
by the North Pole Grannies.<br />
Senior Stroll<br />
Wednesday, November 26<br />
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.<br />
The Rose Garden<br />
131 West Thomas Street<br />
Tickets Available at the Door<br />
$4.00 each for seniors and their caregivers - includes<br />
cookie and beverage.<br />
A Special Time!<br />
This event allows senior citizens to get a sneak peek<br />
of the Festival’s wondrous array of holiday items. It is<br />
especially designed to give those in wheelchairs, with<br />
walkers, etc., an opportunity to attend before the<br />
Festival is too busy and crowded.
Good Grief<br />
When someone we know and care<br />
• Be a good listener. When suffering<br />
about has lost a loved one, we may<br />
spills over into words, you can do the<br />
feel a bit clumsy with what to say or<br />
one thing a bereaved person needs the<br />
do. We may feel there is little we can<br />
most, you can listen. Is she emotional?<br />
do. Yet, there are things you can do.<br />
Accept that. Does he cry? Accept<br />
Simple things. There are words and<br />
that. Is she angry with God? God<br />
acts, which are truly helpful.<br />
will manage without your defense.<br />
Accept whatever feelings are expressed.<br />
You may feel less than qualified to help,<br />
Do not change the subject. Be as<br />
or you may feel uncomfortable and<br />
Amy L. Kitsembel, M.Ed.,<br />
awkward. These feelings are normal,<br />
Bereavement Coordinator<br />
however do not let then keep you away.<br />
Rest assured your caring is the most needed<br />
quality to help. In fact, simple communication of the<br />
feeling of caring is probably the most important and<br />
helpful thing anyone can do. The following suggestions<br />
will guide you in communicating that care.<br />
•<br />
understanding as you can be.<br />
Keep in touch. Be available. Call,<br />
write, visit, invite for coffee or dinner.<br />
Later, when close family may be less<br />
available, anyone’s visit and phone call<br />
can be helpful.<br />
• Get in touch. Call. Even if much time has passed,<br />
it’s never too late to express your care and concern.<br />
Remember together, laugh together, cry together.<br />
Share your love.<br />
• Your brief embrace, holding of the hand, a few<br />
words of affection and feeling may be all that is<br />
needed during your first visit or funeral visit.<br />
• Avoid ‘clichés’ such as “ He is out of pain” “ you’re<br />
lucky it was a brief illness”- these are not helpful. A<br />
simple “I am sorry for your loss,” “I love you”, or<br />
“not sure what to say- just know we are thinking of<br />
you” are appropriate.<br />
• Accept silence. If the mourner doesn’t feel like<br />
talking, do not force conversation. Let the mourner<br />
lead. Silence is better that aimless chatter. Allow the<br />
‘working through’ of grief. Let people process grief<br />
in their own time. You cannot determine the length<br />
of another’s mourning.<br />
“Too often we underestimate the power of<br />
a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening<br />
ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest<br />
act of caring, all of which have the<br />
potential to turn a life around.”<br />
Leo Buscaglia<br />
Passion for Excellence. Compassion for people.<br />
3
Become an<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Angel<br />
4<br />
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer for<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice Services? We are<br />
looking for bighearted individuals who are willing to<br />
go the extra mile for people with terminal illness and<br />
their family members.<br />
When you become a volunteer, you help to improve the<br />
quality of life for our patients and families. <strong>Aspirus</strong> Angels<br />
share with others their capacity for giving and their helping<br />
spirit.<br />
Based upon your interests, some of the activities you could<br />
take part in as an <strong>Aspirus</strong> Angel include: office work,<br />
visiting with patients, helping with housework, walking with<br />
patients, reading and playing games, bereavement calling<br />
from your own home, music, quilting, gardening, cooking,<br />
baking – the possibilities are endless! We have volunteer<br />
opportunities for you that directly or indirectly benefit our<br />
patients.<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice Services<br />
and Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum<br />
present this special time for children, teens,<br />
and families coping with the death of a loved<br />
one. We will create a memorial candleholder<br />
using various art supplies. Bring in a photo,<br />
small memento or knickknack of a loved one<br />
to incorporate into the candleholder.<br />
Volunteer gardeners at Hospice House<br />
Enjoy a journey that puts you close to patients who<br />
cherish each and every moment you spend with them.<br />
You will truly reward yourself when you volunteer for<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice Services.<br />
For more information or to become an <strong>Aspirus</strong> Angel,<br />
please call Tasha Stencil, Volunteer Coordinator, at<br />
715-847-2705 or toll free at 866-331-2467. You may<br />
also visit our website at www.aspirus.org. Under Quick<br />
Links, click on Volunteers. Then click on Become a<br />
Volunteer located at the top of the screen to fill out an<br />
application. Training is based on your schedule and<br />
needs.<br />
Treasuring Memories Family Memorial Art<br />
Thursday, December 11, 2008 • 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.<br />
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum ~ 700 North 12th Street, Wausau<br />
No charge. Registration is required and limited.<br />
There will be time to share memories and<br />
to plan for ways to make the holidays<br />
meaningful.<br />
To register, contact the Leigh Yawkey<br />
Woodson Art Museum at 845-7010. For<br />
questions, contact Amy Kitsembel at The<br />
Grief Center, 847-2703 or Jayna Hintz at<br />
the Woodson Art Museum, 845-7010.
Holiday Keepsake<br />
The holidays are a special time to celebrate the lives of<br />
people we love—people who are living and those<br />
who have died.<br />
You are invited to celebrate the loved<br />
ones in your life by participating in the<br />
Tree of Love tribute program. You<br />
may purchase and personalize a twoinch<br />
polished brass holiday ornament<br />
that will be displayed on the <strong>Aspirus</strong><br />
Comfort Care and Hospice Services<br />
holiday tree in the lobby of <strong>Aspirus</strong><br />
Wausau Hospital beginning in November.<br />
Your ornament will be mailed to you the<br />
second week of December.<br />
Engraving Information<br />
The Tree of Love tribute program is a service of the<br />
bereavement program and is not a fundraising<br />
activity. For more information about<br />
the program, contact Amy Kitsembel,<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice<br />
Services Bereavement Coordinator at<br />
847-2703.<br />
Heartwarming memories of those<br />
we hold dear are gifts to cherish<br />
each day of the year… the Tree of<br />
Love holiday tradition is sponsored<br />
by <strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice<br />
Services’ Bereavement Program.<br />
d Tree of Love Tribute Order Form c<br />
Your Name Phone Number ( )<br />
Mailing Address City State Zip<br />
In addition to my ornament order, I would like to make a donation to the Grief Center of $<br />
Total Payment Enclosed: $ Total Number of Ornaments:<br />
Payment Options: Please enclose payment of $8 (tax included) for each Tree of Love ornament.<br />
Check (Payable to: ACCHS FUNDS) Credit Card (Circle one): Visa MasterCard Discover<br />
Name as it appears on Credit Card:<br />
Credit Card Mailing Address: City State Zip<br />
Credit Card Number: Expiration Date:<br />
Signature:<br />
Orders must be received by december 1, 2008 tO insure receipt priOr tO december 24, 2008.<br />
Each ornament will have two lines of engraving with 10 characters per line. Complete each box with one letter.<br />
Blank spaces between words are equal to one letter. Sample: G E O R G E<br />
Please honor the following:<br />
Sample: S M I T H<br />
Ornament 1: (line 1) (line 2)<br />
Ornament 2: (line 1) (line 2)<br />
Ornament 3: (line 1) (line 2)<br />
Ornament 4: (line 1) (line 2)<br />
Ornament 5: (line 1) (line 2)<br />
Ornament 6: (line 1) (line 2)<br />
Mail to <strong>Aspirus</strong> Health Foundation, 425 Pine Ridge Blvd., Wausau, WI 54401. For orders greater than 6, copy this form and enclose with your payment.
Community Support<br />
6<br />
CareGuardian<br />
($2,500 and above)<br />
Lois vanKerkhoven<br />
CareCompanion<br />
($1,000 to $2,499)<br />
David & Diane Bautsch<br />
Jesse & Millie Fusfeld Family Trust<br />
Laurence Niederhofer<br />
CarePartner<br />
($500 to $999)<br />
Sharon Borth<br />
Dorothy & Donald Builer<br />
Lillian Krueger<br />
Tom & Nancy Kryshak<br />
Marathon Savings Bank<br />
Imogene Niewolny<br />
Dr. Elaine Wade<br />
CareGiver<br />
($250 to $499)<br />
James Blair<br />
Anne Dahlke<br />
Mary Fochs<br />
Marlene Fredrich<br />
Linetec Division of Apogee<br />
David & Judy North<br />
North Central Health Care<br />
Jennifer St. John<br />
Tom & Karen Stevenson<br />
Grace Stohr<br />
Wausau Window and Wall Systems<br />
Thank You for your Financial Gifts<br />
Donations are used to support our work beyond the reimbursement provided by insurance and other sources. This<br />
supplemental funding is critical to meeting the needs of patients suffering from life-limiting and terminal illnesses,<br />
and providing comfort for their families and friends. We are very grateful to the many individuals, organizations and<br />
corporations that help us fulfill our mission to provide compassionate hospice, palliative and grief care for people in<br />
north central Wisconsin.<br />
Circle of Care Annual Fund - April 1 - June 30, 2008<br />
Our Circle of Care surrounds patients, families and friends and includes a team of hospice professionals and trained volunteers<br />
who assess and meet the patients’ and families’ unique needs as the end of life draws near. Our caring donors and community<br />
play an integral part in our Circle of Care. The following list includes those who have provided gifts to honor a life celebration,<br />
memorial contributions in honor of a loved one and annual charitable gifts received from April 1 – June 30, 2008.<br />
CareCircle<br />
($100 to $249)<br />
Faruk & Anne Abuzzahab, M.D.<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Transcription Services<br />
Burns Auxiliary No. 388 V.F.W.<br />
Pearl Callahan<br />
Roberta Canfield<br />
Rosemary Conrad<br />
Douglas & Heidi Edwards<br />
Elizabeth Lang Estate<br />
Carol & James Emon<br />
Warren & Barbara Fabel<br />
Dan & Jennifer Garces<br />
Geraldine Goetsch<br />
Chuck & Patricia Gohs<br />
Mae Hack<br />
William & Marian Hall<br />
Richard Helke<br />
Highway 52 Self Storage<br />
Al & Rita Jirikovec<br />
Margery & Robert Johnson<br />
Deanne & Art Kimbel<br />
Janet Klimisch<br />
Elise Lang<br />
James & Susan Lundberg<br />
Maple Ridge Farms, Inc.<br />
Kenneth Marth<br />
Ann & Tony Martin<br />
Robert & Gini Melang<br />
Scott & Jodi Muschinske<br />
Mary & Dennis O’Flyng<br />
Nancy Olson<br />
San & Joanne Orr<br />
Tom & Mary Pat Roovers<br />
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.<br />
Daisianna Rudy<br />
Jo Ellen & Kenneth Schaefer<br />
Audrey Smith<br />
Joe & Alice Smith<br />
Judy & John Stevens<br />
Chester Suski<br />
Patricia Tatro<br />
Harold & Sharon Theis, Jr.<br />
Marian & Robert Thomasgard<br />
Joe & Frances Tiffany<br />
Waid Funeral Home<br />
CareFriend<br />
($1 to $99)<br />
John & Reese Aarthun<br />
Nan Adams<br />
Rosetta Ahles<br />
Ronald Alexander<br />
Nils & Shirley Anderson<br />
Lisa Anderson<br />
Natalie Andraski<br />
Art & Judy Bartnik<br />
Henry & Peggy Baumann<br />
Don & Margaret Baumann<br />
Doris Baumann<br />
Ed & Carol Becker<br />
James & Nancy Bedessem<br />
Donna Belke<br />
George & Arlene Bett<br />
Arden & Mary Bierman<br />
Jim & Rita Blarek<br />
Nick & Marilyn Blazakis<br />
Dean & Katherine Borens<br />
Patrick Braatz<br />
Floyd & Sophie Braun<br />
Lenore Breit<br />
Howard & Susan Breutzmann<br />
Jerrine Brinker<br />
Patsy Brown<br />
Troy & Judi Brown<br />
Leona Brzezinski<br />
Jerome & Judith Buch<br />
Sylvia Burant<br />
Dawn Mae & Marlen Burish<br />
Joan Burk-Miller<br />
Ronald Burnett<br />
William & Kelly Burton II<br />
Neil & Penny Callahan<br />
Donald Cammel<br />
Cardiovascular Associates<br />
Foundation, Inc.<br />
Blanche Christian<br />
Robert & Shirley Clark<br />
Jeanne Corbin<br />
Constance Coulter<br />
Mary Jane & Dennis Cramer<br />
Carol Dahm<br />
Michael Deasy<br />
Don Dern<br />
Paul & Doris Ann Dix<br />
Fred & Diane Doebler<br />
Vernon Dolde<br />
Ronald Drager<br />
Maria Dunrow<br />
Eugene & Bernice Eckes<br />
Robert & Joann Elbe<br />
Glenda Elbe<br />
John & Heather Eldred<br />
Kathleen Englert<br />
Chuck & Joni Filipiak<br />
Flory Metal Lathe Shop<br />
Harvey Fraaza<br />
Shirley Francken<br />
Marie Friedke<br />
Paul Gajewski<br />
Shirley Gajewski<br />
Terry Galganski<br />
Jerry & Jean Gappa<br />
James & Kay Gehrke<br />
Sandy Gilray<br />
Bryard Giroulx<br />
Annette Green<br />
Vernon & Beverly Green<br />
Walter & Kathryn Griffin
Thomas & Patricia Gunderman<br />
Greg & Jonilee Gunn<br />
Guy Kryshak Jewelers, Inc.<br />
Charlotte Hagenbucher<br />
Glenda Hall<br />
Janna Hamann<br />
Charles & Monica Hanz<br />
Dan Hein<br />
Dianne Hendrickson<br />
Julie Hess<br />
Paula Hintz<br />
Joann Holbach<br />
Larry & Joann Holbach<br />
Deanna & Paul Hood<br />
Adeline & Stanley Houf<br />
Harlan & Barbara Hunger<br />
Ann & Scott Hunger<br />
Darlene & Gib Hurtis<br />
Shirley Iczkowski<br />
Joan Jaecks<br />
Sharon Jagler<br />
Bruce Jensen<br />
Kenneth & Jo Ann Jensen<br />
Char Johnson<br />
Floyd & Velda Johnson<br />
Art & Bernie Juneau<br />
Florence Kage<br />
Kevin & Julie Keller<br />
Jim & Lynn King<br />
Robert & Cheryl Kitzki<br />
Bruce & Debra Kluever<br />
Delwin Knutson<br />
Roy & Kathryn Kocik<br />
Alex & Vivian Koppa<br />
Donald & Sally Kowalski<br />
Annette Krahn<br />
Lillian Krause<br />
Erman & Adelheid Kriewaldt<br />
Dawn Krueger<br />
Stanley & Lottie Kusiak<br />
Sherry Lahti<br />
Kathy Lannigan<br />
Geary Larrick<br />
Dawn LaVia<br />
Amy Levis<br />
Sylvia Ackerman<br />
Allister Deacons LLC<br />
Thomas & Jo Ann Altman<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Network<br />
Associated Bank<br />
Associates in Pathology<br />
Greg & Tina Baer<br />
Barbara's Hair Gallery<br />
Kenneth & Diane Becher<br />
Bonsai Publishing Company<br />
Patricia & Daniel Briquelet<br />
Brian & Mary Brotz<br />
Jean & James Burgener<br />
Cynthia & DeWell Clay<br />
Dennis J. Fehrman Orthodontics<br />
Diane Diederich<br />
Digital Dialogue, Inc.<br />
Domtar Paper Co. LLC<br />
Erbert & Gerbert’s Subs & Clubs<br />
Duane & Margaret Erwin<br />
Dennis & Anita Lewandowski<br />
Joan Lindstrom<br />
Orville Lodholz<br />
Harvey & Carol Long<br />
Timothy & Amy Marquardt<br />
Jacob & Kathleen Martens<br />
William & Sally Mattingly<br />
Douglas & Patricia McCall<br />
Carol McManus<br />
Nancy Meier<br />
Patricia Metter<br />
James & Donna Michna<br />
Gilbert & Lorraine Moran<br />
Alphonse & Virginella Mroczenski<br />
Chuck Mroczenski<br />
Mike & Verna Mroczenski<br />
Ron & Mary Mroczenski<br />
June Mueller<br />
Joan Muschinske<br />
Wayne & Geraldine Myers<br />
Della Nelson<br />
Gerald & Charlene Nowak<br />
Clem Ogurek<br />
Sandra & Earl Parks<br />
Ann Pasholk<br />
C. Duane & Joy Patterson<br />
Dennis & Grace Pegorsch<br />
Eleanor Peterson<br />
Ellis & Kathleen Peterson<br />
Tim & Karen Peterson<br />
Alice & Robert Peterson<br />
Gary Peterson<br />
Betty Petran<br />
Dorothy Petts<br />
Raymond & Donna Pichelmann<br />
Robert & Bernice Porath<br />
William & Sandra Prinz<br />
Genevieve Pueschner<br />
Todd & Jodi Punke<br />
Betty & William Pusheck<br />
Ray & Ellen Raczkowski<br />
Bette & Wallace Radloff<br />
Bob & Jan Rakow<br />
Alice & James Rass<br />
Ruth Reinicke<br />
Marty & Jennifer Ferris<br />
First Weber Group Realtors<br />
Sally Gartmann<br />
Jack & Ila Gaynor<br />
John Goetz<br />
Catherine Grunewald<br />
Hadley's Office Products, Inc.<br />
Jerome Hansen, D.D.S.<br />
Dennis & Kristin Helke<br />
Helke Funeral Home, Inc.<br />
Carole & William Hess<br />
Inner Piece LLC<br />
Ruth & Daniel Jakubowski<br />
Mary & Arthur Jobs<br />
John W. Stilp, DDS<br />
Carri Kartes<br />
Kasha's Salon<br />
Kevin Kieffer<br />
Deborah Klocke<br />
LeRoy Kostroski<br />
Jim & Sally Reinke<br />
Ralph & Sharon Reniewicki<br />
Theodore & Leurelle Reynolds<br />
Kathleen & Glenn Rogers<br />
Lloyd & Rosalynn Roloff<br />
Jim & Virginia Romanski<br />
Tiffany Rooprai<br />
Edith Rose<br />
Helen Roth<br />
Miranda Roth<br />
Richard & Arlene Roth<br />
Roland & Beth Rothman<br />
Laurel Rouse<br />
Virginia & Marlan Sammon<br />
Sue Sann<br />
Carol Schalk<br />
Don Schnelle<br />
Faye Schwarm<br />
Diane & Charles Shabino<br />
Jean Shaw<br />
John Shebelski<br />
Tony Skrzypchak<br />
Roland & Lyn Skrzypchak<br />
Roger & Marilynn Smith<br />
Liz Smith<br />
John & Sandy Solheim<br />
Ashley Soukup<br />
St. Mary’s Catholic Church<br />
Mary Stanton<br />
Ed & Marge Stubbe<br />
Beverly Sturm<br />
Gail Sullivan<br />
Irene Szymanski<br />
Walter & Marilyn Tamminen<br />
Ronald & Pam Tesch<br />
The Cutting Edge<br />
Joe & Marlene Thomaschefsky<br />
Jenny Tonelli<br />
Loretta Toschner<br />
Terry & Bonnie Traska<br />
Donald & Elaine Treu<br />
Florence Tucker<br />
Jeanette & Burnell Utecht<br />
Harley & Maryann VanderKooy<br />
MaryAnn & F. Miles VanSlyke<br />
Respite Garden, Arts Alive & Festival of Trees Donors<br />
Sharon Larson<br />
Cari & Timothy Logemann<br />
M&I Bank<br />
Marathon Savings Foundation, Inc.<br />
Tyler & Katherine McCormack<br />
Kenneth & Connie Mikula<br />
Mint Cafe'<br />
Jerry & Irene Mourey<br />
Mullins Cheese Inc<br />
Scott & Jodi Muschinske<br />
John & Patricia Noel<br />
Ronald & Sharon Pankow<br />
Joseph & Mary Beth Pepowski<br />
Peth Family Fund<br />
Louise & Robert Rajek<br />
Amy Remillard<br />
River Valley Bank<br />
Jim & Kathy Seidel<br />
Charles & Diane Shabino<br />
Sharkey's Subs<br />
Village of Weston<br />
Gerald & Beth Voermans<br />
Paula & Tom Vogt<br />
Virgil & Judith Voigt<br />
Douglas & Lora Walters<br />
Lloyd Wanta<br />
Susan Wanta<br />
Steve Weiss<br />
Sandy Welbes<br />
Roland & Arvilla Wendorff<br />
Beverly Wenzel<br />
Margaret & Gary Werhane<br />
Chester & Grace Wierzba<br />
Dale & Carol Wiesman<br />
Julie Williams<br />
Ed & Clara Wirkus<br />
Don & Jean Wisnewski<br />
Marion Wisnewski<br />
George & Pat Witteman<br />
Lois Wold<br />
Marv Wolfson<br />
Frances Woller<br />
Adam & Kathy Wurz<br />
Anthony & Shannon Young<br />
Virginia Zell<br />
Norman & Alice Ziemke<br />
Tom & Patricia Zmuda<br />
Andrew & Julie Zuelsdorff<br />
Every gift is appreciated and<br />
recognized in a way that reflects<br />
donors’ personal interests and<br />
preferences, as well as the needs of<br />
<strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice<br />
Services.<br />
This donor list represents financial<br />
gifts received between April 1 –<br />
June 30, 2008. All attempts are<br />
made to accurately recognize donors.<br />
If you notice a misspelling, error, or<br />
omission, please contact the <strong>Aspirus</strong><br />
Health Foundation at<br />
715-847-2470.<br />
We are grateful to those who offer support for end-of-life care through their sponsorship gifts for these special programs.<br />
Mitch Simmons<br />
Jason Sliwicki<br />
Lynn Spanbauer<br />
Subway<br />
Barbara Szitta<br />
Margaret & George Tanner<br />
The Baker's House<br />
Kali Thompson<br />
Len & Dawn Thorwaldson<br />
Randy Verhasselt<br />
Gary & Vicki Walton<br />
Wausau Community Theatre<br />
WAUSAU Financial Systems<br />
Wausau Paper Foundation, Inc.<br />
Wendorff, Ellison & David, LLP<br />
Wendy's<br />
William Skarie, D.D.S.<br />
Window Accessory Company Inc<br />
WPS Health Insurance<br />
7
How a Fortune Cookie Can Heal Holiday Grief<br />
Did you ever think a fortune cookie could offer a profound message that<br />
offers comfort, happiness, and peace in a life that is stressed by grief?<br />
Sometimes holiday festivities and commercialization reminds us of what<br />
we are “missing” rather than the blessings we have. This holiday grief program<br />
will offer a savory twist that can only be interpreted as inspiration and good fortune.<br />
Come join us to discover “something good” in the unpredictability of receiving<br />
gifts through random acts of kindness. We encourage you to bring a friend to<br />
help you find your fortune. Rejuvenate an uncertain season of sadness with<br />
a sense of hope and optimism.<br />
Tuesday, December 2 • 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.<br />
The Rose Garden, 131 W. Thomas Street, Wausau<br />
Contact: Wings - A Grief Education Ministry at 845-4159<br />
or The Grief Center at 847-2703<br />
This special annual holiday program is sponsored by <strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and Hospice Services,<br />
presented by Wings – A Grief Education Ministry and supported by area funeral homes.<br />
Mission<br />
The mission of <strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and<br />
Hospice Services is to provide and ensure<br />
meaningful and compassionate palliative<br />
(comfort) and end-of-life care.<br />
333 Pine Ridge Boulevard<br />
Wausau, WI 54401-4187<br />
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Stories/Photos<br />
Jeff Anderson, Amy Kitsembel,<br />
and Tasha Stencil<br />
Editor Betty Kleppe<br />
Layout/Design <strong>Aspirus</strong> Graphic Design<br />
Please notify <strong>Aspirus</strong> Comfort Care and<br />
Hospice Services if you change your address, or<br />
if you prefer not to receive Comfort Care.<br />
715.847.2707 ~ toll free @ 866-331-2467<br />
email - cchs@aspirus.org<br />
website - aspirus.org<br />
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