BRMC Plan Memorial Service For Hospice Families

A memorial service will be held Thursday, Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m., in Bradford Regional Medical Center’s (BRMC) Outpatient Services Center lobby for families of hospice patients and others who have passed away in the community.

“This ceremony will serve as a remembrance of hospice patients who were in BRMC’s hospice program and for anyone who would like to remember a loved one,” says Stacy Williams, director of Annual Giving and Volunteer Services.

“The names of those who passed away in the past two years under the care of the hospice program by BRMC’s McKean County VNA & Hospice will be read during the service,” she explains. “But anyone who has had a family member or friend pass on is welcome to attend this memorial service.”

Those attending can have the name of a loved one placed on a decorative dove that will be hung on a “Peace Tree” during the service, Mrs. Williams says.

The 30-minute service will be led by Pastors Lynn Gatz and Max Miller, BRMC’s hospice spiritual counselors, with a special reading by Rev. Lee Beckes.

After the named doves are hung, the tree’s lights will be lit and a reception will follow, she notes.