Submitted Photo Tribute gifts extend the positive impact made by extraordinary people in our lives, observed Dr. Kathryn Bronstein, Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation (WMHF) President, who looks over a list of memorials and honorariums given to the hospital foundation with WMHF Executive Director, Patricia Gaughan DiPalma.

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Foundation has announced the Tribute Gifts, friends of the hospital from near and far have given to the foundation in 2019 in memory or in honor of loved ones.

Tribute Gifts offer a unique opportunity to recognize someone who has memorably touched your life. Remembering a family member, a dear friend or a colleague (in life or in death) is something that many members in our community customarily do at the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation (WMHF).

Many are familiar with the hospital foundation’s mission and how it helps the hospital remain on the cutting edge of patient care. Now in its 41st year, the WMHF, through its treasured donors, continues its philanthropy by promoting excellent healthcare.

Donating a Memorial Gift to honor the memory of a friend or loved one who is no longer with us or recognizing a dear friend or loved one with an Honorarium is an appropriate expression of thoughtfulness and always appreciated. Honorary donations extend the positive impact made by extraordinary people in our lives.

Following are those who were remembered in 2019:

Memorials:

Barbara Everts from Donna Pacitti

Valarie Jackson from Helen Baran, Valarie Figula and family, James and Karen Gelston, Health Care Association of NYS, Highmark Health, Employees of KOA Speer Electronics, Gary Maras, Orval and Rose Minard, Richard J. Minard, James and Rose Van Volkenburg and Westfield Memorial Hospital Auxiliary

Catherine LaPorte from Lakeshore Assembly of God, James and Rose Van Volkenburg, and Westfield Memorial Hospital Auxiliary

Lorna Penny from Robert and Ricki Schofield

Janet Posner from Avrom Posner

Judy Quagliana from Vici Foster, Ina Griswold, Sal and Donna Ricardi, Albert and Georgianna Timmerman, Carl and Heidi Triana

Warren Renschler from Robert and Ricki Schofield

Carol Schutt from Helen Reynolds

Ted Winkelman from Howard, Gwen, Howie and Sue Haskin, Lorraine A. Horn, Raymond and Betty Lewis, Elna Meleen, Stephen and Nancy Nichols, Joseph and Janice Russo, Marcia Slaby, Ralph and Janice Wilson, and the nieces and nephews of Ted Winkelman

In Honor of:

Jeff Duchaine from Renold, Inc.

Andrew Freay from The Hermance Family Foundation

Eileen Sparling from Thomas and Judith Marsh

WMH Emergency Department and Physical Therapy Staffs from Joan Mascaro Caruso

John Wolfe from Dr. Jack and Anne Palomaki

Other reasons to make a tribute gift to the WMHF include:

Celebrating many of life’s wonderful occasions — the birth of a child, birthdays, graduations, weddings, anniversaries or other important milestones.

Saying thank-you to someone who has made a difference in your life. Gifts may be made in honor of another that you wish to acknowledge or recognize for any reason, such as a friend, relative, neighbor, co-worker, pastor or caregiver.

Whether a gift commemorates an event, honors an individual or memorializes a friend or loved one, the individual or family named by the donor receives a special acknowledgment that a gift has been made in their name.

These gifts help enable WMH to continue to provide high quality health care to all the residents throughout the community and beyond. Westfield Memorial Hospital is part of AHN Saint Vincent Hospital, a member of the Allegheny Health Network.

Those who would like to learn more about the hospital foundation or to give a memorial gift or honorarium to the hospital foundation can contact Executive Director Patricia Gaughan DiPalma at patricia.dipalma@ahn.org; call: 716-793-2338 or visit the foundation’s memorial/honorarium form on the home page at: www.westfieldhospitalfoundation.org.