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Frank Joseph Battisti
72 Steve A. Cheek
52 Linda K. (Jones) Flory
63 Jeanne Kline
Jenny Umphress
21 Jenny Umpress contracted Lyme disease when she was 15 years old, and spent the remainder of her life fighting to find the strength to overcome numerous obstacles and hardships. The disease left her bedridden and in terrible pain. It also caused complete amnesia from which she never recovered. The physical devastation was exceeded only by the emotional turmoil placed on her by misinformed and unsympathetic physicians who did not understand the nature of her illness. Still, her goal was to try and help other patients from experiencing the same fate. Umpress died August 26, 1994, after a six year battle with Lyme disease.
Steven F. Wells
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"I shall pass this way but once, therefore any kindness I can show or any help I can give, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again."- Author Unknown
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