WHAT CANCER CANNOT DO:
Cancer is SO limited…
It cannot cripple LOVE
It cannot shatter HOPE
It cannot corrode FAITH
It cannot destroy PEACE
It cannot kill FRIENDSHIP
It cannot suppress MEMORIES
It cannot silence COURAGE
It cannot invade the SOUL
It cannot steal eternal LIFE
It cannot conquer the SPIRIT Author Unknown
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While Breast Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women each year is it certainly not the only Cancer that can cause such trials and heartache in both men and women. This section is dedicated to any one who has either had cancer and conquered it or lost their battle to cancer. Either journey creates a hero and either journey profoundly affects each of us. Please feel free to share the name of any heroes you know and their story with me and I would be happy to add them to this Hero Page.
Let’s Celebrate:
Carol Kimberling – Laura Smith’s Mom. Died August 17th from ovarian cancer
Barbara A. Carmen - Survived Breast Cancer but died of other illnesses 1/31/10 age 72
Randal J. Baker – Leukemia and Lymphoma & Died 3/25/02 of Cancer related illness at the age of 37
David M. Baker - Survived Skin Cancer 3 times and Cancer free for 2 years at age of 69
Helen Starkweather – Survived Skin Cancer and Cancer free for 1 year at age of 41
Liz Micillo – Died of Lung Cancer 1/15/2007
Frances Varecka - lost her battle with Cancer in Feb 1993 at the age of 49
Lisa Fess – Survived Melanoma 4 years ago and is now Cancer free
Linda Julien – Living with Breast Cancer.
Roger Peets - Living with Esophageal Cancer
Thomas Earl Judy – died of Leukemia in 1985 at age 34
Jenny Ulmer Lindstrom -Survived Breast Cancer and is Cancer free at 37
Raymond Burnett – currently surviving Cancer
Edna Pero – Died of Colon Cancer
Joseph Carmen – Survived Prostate Cancer but died of old age in his 90′s
Donna M. Drozd – Lost her battle with Pancreatic Cancer August 2, 2010 but she lives on in her 4 beautiful children and the rest of her family
Sarah Teber – Lost her battle with Brain Cancer on 11/30/88
Carl A. Schultz – Lost his battle to Mesothelioma and other Cancer related illnesses on April 12, 1996
David Sovie – Lost his battle with Pancreatic Cancer on 1/31/2006
Teddi O’Brien – Breast Cancer Survivor
Joan Santo – Breast Cancer Survivor but lost her battle to Mesothelioma in March 2010
Thomas A. Messmer, Sr. - Lost his second battle with Multiple Myeloma February 12th, 2010 at the age of 77.
Doreen Mortier - Breast cancer free for 10 years
Gail Dagon – Survivor of Breast Cancer for 8 years
Joan Fama – Survivor of Breast Cancer for 12 years
Henrietta Campanella – Has since passed but was a Survivor of Breast Cancer for 20 years
Tim Taylor – Lost his battle with Breast Cancer on 9/11/09
Eileen Milford – Lost her battle with Breast Cancer on 6/26/08
Sandie Freedman - Survivor of Breast Cancer for 5-3/4 years
Marty Wheeler – Living an active life with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow after surviving TWO stem cell transplants
Janet Baker – survived Breast Cancer
