Aging in place can mean remaining in your home or your community and this is something many of us aspire to do. The benefits of growing old in familiar surroundings, among family and friends, are.
My first awareness of hospice came when my mother was nearing her death from cancer. The presence of the hospice workers and the information shared with my father and brother was life-changing for them, for me,.
Doris Jean Dewton, of Edwards, passed away on July 22, 2021, after a courageous fight with cancer. Doris is survived by her sister Elizabeth Cordaro (John Cordaro) of Reston, Virginia; her niece, Susan Cordaro (Sean Desmond and their child Daniel Desmond) of Brooklyn, New York; and nephews Greg Cordaro of Miami, Florida, and Mike Cordaro (Erica Cordaro and their child Holly Cordaro) of Fairway, Kansas, as well as her stepchildren and stepgrandchildren. Her husband of 34 years, and love of her life, Richard W. Gretz, preceded her in death in 2019.
Doris was born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., to Johannes and Hedwig Dewton, who immigrated to the U.S. from Austria. Doris grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and played several sports at Wakefield High School, where she was the valedictorian of her graduating class. She attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1969 with a cum laude degree in political science. She went on to earn a M.A. in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at