by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Donors
17-year-old Chris Persinger left behind a special gift after he died in a car accident. He donated his tissues and eyes, which helped 64 people improve their lives. Chris’ last tissue gift was given to his sister Caitlyn. The now 18-year-old Mukwonago resident and...
by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Donors
Cory and Kendra Rice of Menominee, Mich. have many special memories of their 3-year-old son Austin. One way they’ve honored his memory is by creating a quilt out of his clothing. “I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of his clothes. It was too hard,” says Kendra. So she...
by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Donors
When 3-year-old Josephine “Josie” Williquette died, she left behind her loving parents, Scott and Christine, and twin sister McKenzie. She also left a special gift for two other children—her heart valves. Following an acute asthma attack on Christmas Day 2008, Josie...
by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Donors
Jamie Wilson was a beautiful, warm and compassionate 21-year-old who was close to her family and kind to her coworkers. Growing up on a Wisconsin farm, she loved animals, hunting and bluegrass music. But according to her mother Kelly Wilson, Jamie constantly battled...
by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Donors
Jackie Pische knew that her son, Joshua Richards, had signed up to be an organ and tissue donor when he received his driver’s license at age 16. “If you knew him at all, then you would know that this wasn’t much of a decision for him. He was always...
by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Donors
When Cathi Foster was six months pregnant, she learned her baby would be born with a congenital heart defect. Three days after her son Patrick arrived, surgery patched a hole between two chambers of his heart and widened two sections of his pulmonary artery. There was...
