Supporter stories
Your legacy gift to Mercy Health Foundation is your expression of goodwill for our neighbors who are poor and hurting. This gift of impact and significance is an opportunity to give a larger gift in the future than you may be able to give today.
And now, meet some supporters—people just like you—who are living their faith by giving a legacy gift to help others in need.
A wife honors her husband with generosity
When she was a university student, Dawn Full learned to fly planes, and soon after, she became an air traffic controller. It was 1942. She met her future husband, Ray Full, at work, and they married a few years later.
When she was a university student, Dawn Full learned to fly planes, and soon after, she became an air traffic controller. It was 1942. She met her future husband, Ray Full, at work, and they married a few years later.
The couple changed jobs and cities until they purchased the Kishman Fish Company in the early ‘70s. And during that time, they helped two young girls in need, raising them as their foster daughters. Today, Dawn has six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A successful community leader, Dawn became a trustee on the Lorain Community Hospital Foundation’s board in 1985, and that’s how she learned about Mercy Health Foundation. Dawn has given her support to the Foundation ever since, and she has recently included Mercy Health Foundation in her will, setting up a very generous legacy gift. Her reason for choosing the Foundation for this special gift?
“Mercy took very good care of my husband,” she said. “They were there for him.” And now Dawn will be there for others in need for years to come.
Three caring daughters, one lucky dad
Barbara, Betty, and Carol are three sisters who love their dad. And they believe they were blessed with 10 more years with him because of the care he received at Mercy.
Barbara, Betty, and Carol are three sisters who love their dad. And they believe they were blessed with 10 more years with him because of the care he received at Mercy.
A heart patient, Bob Blum went to rehab five days a week for years. It wasn’t just for the exercise. He liked it. He felt comfortable there, and he made some good friends. He often joked that it was his country club. And after he retired, he was able to continue with rehab for as long as he wanted. Realizing that not everyone was lucky enough to afford this treatment, Bob started giving to Mercy Health.
And after Bob passed away, his daughters recognized the perfect way to continue their dad’s legacy. They started the Robert W. Blum Cardiac Rehab Scholarship. It’s their legacy gift to Mercy Health Foundation and their way of saying, “We love you, Dad.”
A devotion to quality healthcare in the community
Growing up in Hamilton, Ohio, Mildred (Millie) Probst’s devotion to exceptional healthcare budded from her college education, where in 1940 she graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. After graduating, Millie worked as an RN for various hospitals.
Growing up in Hamilton, Ohio, Mildred (Millie) Probst’s devotion to exceptional healthcare budded from her college education, where in 1940 she graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. After graduating, Millie worked as an RN for various hospitals.
Her devotion to quality healthcare has now passed onto her grandniece, who works in the Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital Radiology Department.
Millie decided to make Mercy Health Foundation part of her life story by making an estate gift designated for the Radiology Department at Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital. Thanks to Millie’s legacy gift, Mercy Health can continue being on the cutting-edge of technology and employing board-certified radiologists who ensure patients will receive the best, most informed care.
