Tomah Health Hospice Touch & Palliative Care continued a holiday tradition by remembering loved ones and special friends during the annual Tomah Health Hospice Touch / Palliative Care “Love Light Tree” program at Murray’s on Main in Tomah, Dec. 7.
More than 150 people attended the event which was moved to Murray’s on Main due to construction at Tomah Health.
Hospice Touch / Palliative Care has held a Love Light event in Tomah for the last 35 years. The ceremony included the lighting of a ‘remembrance tree’ plus a special slide presentation acknowledging more than 600 area residents who are no longer with loved ones this holiday.
Hospice Chaplain Bruce Milleman provided an opening prayer followed by a welcome by Tomah Health CEO Derek Daly, a reading by Hospice registered nurse Julie Oppelt and remarks by Hospice coordinator Melissa Uppena. “The holidays are an especially tough time for people and to get together and to remember their loved one and to be reminded that how special they were and to share the memories of other people in that time,” said Milleman. “I think it’s really important during the holidays to take a moment and just pause and take some time and remember.”
Members of the Royal High School Concert Choir provided musical selections including the event’s traditional ending song, Silent Night.
Special thanks to staff from Hospice Touch and Palliative Care, and Murray’s on Main for hosting the event.
Additional information on the Love Light event is available by contacting the Tomah Hospice Touch at (608) 374-0250.
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