Remembering Dottie...
Doris Elise Male Lavorgna
April 13, 1917-April 2, 2003
Bring me a rose in the wintertime,
When they're hard to find.
Bring me a rose in the wintertime,
I've got, roses on my mind.
For a rose is sweet,
Most anytime and yet.
Bring me a rose in the wintertime,
How easily we forget.
Bring me a friend when I'm all alone,
When they're hard to find.
Bring me a friend when I'm all alone,
I've got, friendship on my mind.
For a friend is sweet,
Most anytime and yet.
Bring me a friend when I'm all alone,
How easily we forget.
Bring me love when there's talk of hate,
When it's hard to find.
Bring me love when there's talk of hate,
I've got, lovin' on my mind.
For a friend is sweet,
Most anytime and yet.
Bring me love when there's talk of hate,
How easily we forget.
-Anon
special thanks to Melanie Heather McCrea for the poem
Doris passed quietly and peacefully from her earthly bonds on the morning of April 2, 2003, in the presence of her daughter, Lynn; her physician, Louise; and delivered into the hands of her creator.
For those wishing to do so, donations may be made in Doris' memory to the Hospital of Saint Raphael Auxiliary, New Haven, CT, your local food bank, the Spring Glen Congregational Church, Hamden, CT, the Middlesex Hospital Hospice Unit, Middletown, CT, or charity of choice. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that a special act of kindness be performed in Doris' memory.
Thanks go out to the entire staff at Chesterfields Health Care Center, the Middlesex Hospital Intermediate Care Unit, the Middlesex Hospital Shoreline Clinic, The Chester, CT Fire, Rescue and Ambulance Squads, & the Middlesex Hospital Hospice unit, Dr. Louise Maloney, and the entire Emergency Room, Nursing and Medical staffs at the Hospital of Saint Raphael ~ from Doris Lavorgna's family...you folks are the best!...anywhere, anytime...and to all the support, prayers and well-wishes received from family, friends and colleagues - our thanks.
from Diane
