November 18, 2021
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Revisiting the Dehney Family
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Surviving Tragic Loss with Family and Faith By Marcus Hoffman
November is National Hospice Palliative Care Month A little over two years ago, I spoke to local George Dehney. He was a loving father, a middle school football coach and an avid sailor. At the time, he was battling a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. Despite the circumstances, George was tenacious, lively, and confident. He told me he believed he would beat the disease, and he excitedly spoke of plans for the future. On his side, he had his family, a team of doctors, and his Catholic faith fighting with him against his brain tumor. A couple months ago, Compass, a local hospice organization that offers care and support to patients, caregivers and families who have found themselves facing a life-limiting diagnosis or loss, reached out to the Shore Update. They told us they had recently worked with a family who had lost a loved one and wanted to share their story with me and our community. It wasn’t until after I agreed that I discovered the family they referred me to was the Dehney family, and that George had tragically passed away a little less than a year ago. I now had the opportunity to talk to Aimee, George’s wife, once again but under much different circumstances. It was an emotional time for her, and her family when we spoke, being almost exactly one year after George’s passing. Despite the difficult circumstances, Aimee, with her husband’s same fortitude, spoke very openly and in-depth about what she, her husband, and her family had gone through. (Cont. next page) George with his wife Aimee and their two children leaned on their Catholic faith for strength. George in Hospice care.