Thanks for the memories : Survivors gather to honor loved ones at annual Cottage Hospital event

Heidi Braunger places a note for her mother Nancy, who passed away in August 2013, during the "A Gathering of Remembrance" memorial service held at the Burtness Auditorium in Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
Heidi Braunger places a note for her mother Nancy, who passed away in August 2013, during the “A Gathering of Remembrance” memorial service held at the Burtness Auditorium in Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

A group of around 40 mourners gathered on Sunday afternoon for Cottage Hospital’s annual memorial service, “A Gathering of Remembrance.”

The event provides families and loved ones of those who have died in the hospital’s care in the last year another chance to say goodbye. Started four years ago by members of the hospital and its nondenominational clergy, the memorial is a short service with numerous texts read by staff and a chance to place an origami crane with a message to a love one on an altar.
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