WOOSTER - When Marilyn and Mark Gustafson learned about the expansion of services for Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, they chose to make a gift to an organization that has made a significant impact in both their lives.
The Gustafsons made a transformational gift of $500,000 to Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare toward the campaign for the Center for Supportive Care.
The center will provide dedicated building space to support the needs of those in the community who are facing the end of life or need bereavement support, according to a news release from Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare.
“I wanted to do something bigger for the community,” Marilyn Gustafson said in the release. “We have been blessed, and I wanted to give back and make it better for someone else.”
Staff Report
WOOSTER Dr. David Lance, DO, has been an integral member of the Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare care team for three decades. At the end of 2020, Lance retired after a career of service for nearly 30 years, which includes serving as medical director since 2005.
Lance’s leadership and care for patients will be greatly missed, but he leaves behind a powerful legacy of providing superior, compassionate care to thousands of patients and families, mentoring countless staff and educating the community about palliative and hospice care, according to a news release from Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare.
Staff describe him as dedicated, kind, authentic, relatable and passionate the release said.
Fran Blowitz
Fran Blowitz, who with her husband John owned and operated the Gazette Newspapers from 1981 to 2004, died in November.
After purchasing the paper, Fran and John developed Gazette Newspapers into a two-paper, 66,000 combined-circulation business employing 20 people.
Fran and John were co-publishers, with Fran handling the business end of the operation. She worked tirelessly to keep the business in the black. John said many times that he might be the public face of the
Grunion, but that Fran was the brains behind the operation.
During that time, Fran came up with something she called Valentine s Date Night, which grew to a fundraiser for the heart programs at Long Beach s three major hospitals raising around $40,000 each event.