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Frederick Health Hospice- Special Message Oct 4, 2019
Frederick Health Hospice- Special Message

Dear Friends, Some of you may remember when Hospice of Frederick County affiliated with FMH Hospice Services in 1997. This created a single entity for the delivery of hospice services in Frederick County, making it easier for those in need to know ...

Lois Spurrier's Story Apr 11, 2023
Lois Spurrier's Story

Lois Spurrier, was known for many things in her life: her 50 years as a teacher in Frederick County; as a musician who sang in the church choir and for the children she taught; a farmer’s wife who never gave up her love of the land; a local radio ...

20 years - Kline House Anniversary 2002-2022 Dec 2, 2022
20 years - Kline House Anniversary 2002-2022

In 2000, Carl and Norma Miller donated 15 acres of rolling farmland in Mount Airy that would serve as the site of a new hospice house for residents of Frederick County. In addition to donating the land for the new facility, the Millers were actively ...

The Gifts Hospice Gave to my Family Aug 19, 2022
The Gifts Hospice Gave to my Family

Like many people, prior to my parents’ experience with hospice, I knew very little about it. I wondered if hospice meant “giving up.” I realize now that it is the exact opposite: it is taking back—taking back control of how—and where—we want to end ...

Paving the Way to Give a Patient What He Wanted Most Jun 2, 2022
Paving the Way to Give a Patient What He Wanted Most

Larry Stambaugh made it clear to his family and friends that he wanted to spend his last days in the home he built with his own hands on a mountaintop in Emmitsburg 40 years ago. When Frederick Health Hospice began serving Larry, wintery conditions ...

Garnet Lynch: A Teacher in Life and Death Jun 2, 2022
Garnet Lynch: A Teacher in Life and Death

As a life-long educator, Garnet Lynch spent her career teaching children in Frederick County Public Schools for more than 30 years. So it should come as no surprise that her passing provides a lesson to others on how hospice cares for the sick—and ...

Creating a Safe Space to Heal Feb 18, 2022
Creating a Safe Space to Heal

The month of June 2020 was a blur for Lauren Nolke. Not only was this working mother of two doing her best to manage the “new normal” thrust upon her by the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, she had just learned that her beloved father, Robert Brenneman, ...

Read Lionel Bowie's story Nov 24, 2021
Read Lionel Bowie's story

I’ve wanted to be a lot of different things in my life, but I neither wanted nor expected to be an expert on cancer. However, during my late wife Marcia’s battle with the disease, we came to understand cancer far too well. We learned that cancer not ...

When a Loved One Dies from Overdose Nov 4, 2021
When a Loved One Dies from Overdose

Through a partnership with the Frederick Police Department’s Victims Services Unit and the County Health Department, Hospice launched its Overdose Survivor Outreach Program to bring care, comfort and support to the families and friends of individuals ...

Making Memories through Legacy Projects Nov 3, 2021
Making Memories through Legacy Projects

Many of us can relate to that feeling of coming across a letter, photo, or other memento that keeps us connected to a special person, place, or time in our lives. To hear a loved one’s voice, read their handwriting, or see their smile in a forgotten ...

Once A Veteran, Always A Veteran May 27, 2021
Once A Veteran, Always A Veteran

George Comert was determined to live independently forever, but that was not to be. As his health declined, he grew weaker and less steady on his feet. After a bad fall, even he had to agree the time had come to move in with his daughter, Lynn Besch, ...

Celebrating the Women We Call Mom May 3, 2021
Celebrating the Women We Call Mom

Mother’s Day. A day of celebrating the wonderful women in our lives we call “mom.” But for some of us this can feel like a dreaded day. There are many reasons this day can feel impossibly heavy. Maybe you lost your mother, maybe you lost your child ...

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Lois Spurrier's Story

Lois Spurrier's Story

Apr 11, 2023
Lois Spurrier, was known for many things in her life: ...
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20 years - Kline House Anniversary 2002-2022

20 years - Kline House Anniversary 2002-2022

Dec 2, 2022
In 2000, Carl and Norma Miller donated 15 acres of ...
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