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The Compassionate Friends chapter holds Walk of Remembrance

Jeanne Smith releases a beautiful butterfly in remembrance of her son who passed away five years ago. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
September 16, 2021

The Lighthouse Chapter 2067 of The Compassionate Friends held its annual Walk of Remembrance and Butterfly Release Sept. 11, at George H.P. Smith Park in Lewes.

The Compassionate Friends is an organization that helps provide personal comfort and support for families coping with the death of a son or daughter, brother or sister, or grandchild. Participants also support others who are assisting the grieving families.

The local chapter meets at Epworth United Methodist Church in the Branford Room at 7 p.m., the second Thursday of each month.

For more information, email lighthousetcf@gmail.com.

The Compassionate Friends facilitator Jill Hicks, right, hands out a butterfly envelope to Diane Liebeskind. Each envelope contains a butterfly to release.
Karen Kreider, left, who lost her son and daughter in a traffic accident as they drove to school, walks in remembrance with her friend Beth Nevill.
Carol Fisher pushes her husband Jack during the walk to remember their daughter Mary.
Jan Kennedy of The Compassionate Friends reads the poem “Love Still Grows and Sweetens.”
Weston Zerbey releases a butterfly in honor of his mother Mary.
Joyce Ball sets her butterfly free in remembrance of her daughter.
Wanda Jones, left, who lost her son to a college hazing incident, walks with her friend Mellie Ching.
Jan Kennedy of The Compassionate Friends speaks to the people gathered to participate in the Walk of Remembrance and butterfly release.
Janet Kennedy and her pup Murphy listen to the poem read by Jan Kennedy.
Weston, left, and Isaac Zerbey releases a butterfly in honor of their mother Mary as their grandmother Carol Fisher looks on.
Jill Hicks of The Compassionate Friends speaks to the people gathered to remember loved ones who have passed.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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