Offering comfort to dying patients and their families

SEELEY LAKE – The first thing the woman asked when Partners in Home Care Hospice Volunteer Laurel Deniger came for an initial visit was "Do you give foot massages?"

So every week when Deniger visited, she massaged the woman's feet.

"Right up to the very last," Deniger said, "when she was unconscious, I gave her a foot massage."

Deniger has been a Hospice Volunteer for 22 years. Partners in Home Care Volunteer Coordination Kyle Williams said, "The time Laurel has dedicated to helping people in your area is just incredible. She has been a volunteer longer than anyone else in Partners."

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