To learn about important steps to complete that will assist your loved ones before and after your death, come to the “End of Life Preparation” during the Bainbridge Community Health Fair Saturday, Aug. 30 at 10 a.m. Presentations will be held in the Bainbridge Presbyterian Church and doors open at 9:30 a.m. This is a free event - no reservations are required and all are welcome.
This event, organized by the Presbyterian Church of Bainbridge and the East Guilford Presbyterian Church, will include an hour of short presentations followed by an hour for questions and answers. Presentations will include legal advice about wills and power of attorney from Beth Westfall and Avery McLean of the Coughlin & Gerhart law firm; health directives, including health care proxy, DNR and MOLST, Hospice services by Kendall Johnson from Chenango County Hospice; funeral planning, including information on embalming, cremations and green burial, by Andrew Maddalone of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel; cemetery plot purchasing provide by a representative of the Bainbridge Greenlawn Cemetery Association; and information on gravestones and markers by Gary Gifford of Bainbridge Memorial Works.
