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Chris’s Story: Keeping A Promise

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Maine Death with Dignity

Chris Trider is a retired electrician in Leeds and a Maine Death with Dignity volunteer. He told the Death with Dignity National Center this story in January 2019. * My wife, Karen, passed away from liver cancer in October 2018. When doctors discovered the cancer several months earlier,CONTINUE READING »

Donna Wiegle: “The Choice About How Things Go”

Posted on July 9, 2018January 31, 2019 by Maine Death with Dignity

Donna Wiegle is the founder of Eldercare Outreach of Swan's Island. She lives in Swan's Island. She told us this story, which first appeared at Death with Dignity National Center's website, in June 2018. * I survived my first bout with cancer nearly 30 years ago. Then, inCONTINUE READING »

Eva Thompson (1959-2017): “It should be my choice”

Posted on December 29, 2017October 9, 2018 by Maine Death with Dignity

We were deeply saddened to learn of the death today of Eva Thompson, a steadfast advocate for Death with Dignity legislation in Maine. She was 58. During her four-year illness—she suffered from metastatic colon cancer—Eva worked with It’s My Death, sharing her story and educating Mainers and MaineCONTINUE READING »

Rebecca Van Wormer (1974-2017): “I want the option to go on my terms”

Posted on October 15, 2017October 9, 2018 by Maine Death with Dignity

A resident of East Millinocket, Maine, Rebecca VanWormer told us her story in August 2015. She died in January 2017. * I’m 43 years old and I’m dying of cancer. My goal is to live as long as I can but when I get to the point whereCONTINUE READING »