As part of a complete lifestyle overhaul, Dan Runyan competed in the Spartan Race at Lambeau Field in Greenbay, Wisc. on June 24, 2017. Father's Decision to Donate Helps Family Find Hope After Loss When Heather Runyan of Portage, Ind., lost her 45-year-old husband Dan to sudden cardiac arrest, she said it was his [...]
“He wasn’t planned. He was a gift, an angel, in the true sense of the word,” read Ralph LoPriore, the father of 8-year-old organ and tissue donor Maddox LoPriore. “We know that even more now that he has been taken from us. His time on this earth was magical.”
Maddox’s parents were devastated by their loss. But when the time came to speak with a Gift of Hope representative and consider organ and tissue donation on behalf of Maddox, they said, ‘yes.’
Central Illinois Farmer sets off lifesaving domino effect Dale Lessen had two major loves in his life — his family and farming. The Lincoln, Ill. resident began working as a farmer in 1984 with his father Bill Lessen and spent 35 years of his life cultivating corn and soybean fields throughout Logan County. On April 17, [...]
