Memorial Service Information

Good Evening,

Memorial Service will take place at First United Methodist Church of Orange on Saturday August 19, 2017 at 3pm. Please join us as we mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Elizabeth Anderson.

We ask that everyone attending RSVP to our Evite for the memorial so that we can make sure we have enough seats to go around.  http://evite.me/DGtJf3jCAd

Parking around the church is limited and many parking lots have a 3 hour time limit.  Please be aware of that when you park, and allow extra time to find a parking space.

Immediately following the service will be a reception in Messenger Hall at the church featuring a light offering of some of Liz’s favorite foods.  

Again, Liz has asked that no floral arrangements be sent, but that donations be made to the cancer research charity of your choosing or to her GoFundMe campaign to assist with her medical costs.  https://www.gofundme.com/life4liz

Please RSVP by Thursday August 17, 2017.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at KatharineASkinner@gmail.com

Thank you all again for your love and support over the last year and a half. We have found in you the love, comfort and strength to manage through this incredibly difficult time and cannot express enough how much it has meant to all of us. 

❤❤❤❤❤

First United Methodist Church of Orange

161 S Orange St

Orange, CA 92866

714-532-6363

At Rest

Dear Friends and Family, 

Nothing can prepare you for what it feels like to lose someone. Not time, not science or knowledge, not past experience or sage advice. Each person in our life fills a different shaped puzzle piece that makes us who we are. Only you can know what it feels like when that individual puzzle piece is gone.

Liz's time in our lives is now at an end. She has fulfilled her role in each of our existences and has moved on from here. She is no longer in pain, she is no longer anxious for what is to come but is satisfied in her new place among the stars.

Take comfort in knowing that she was not afraid for herself but only worried for our well-being now that she has passed.

Embrace your loved ones, reach out for help, surround yourself with loving people and friends. Take time for yourself to mourn but also lift your head in gladness and celebrate the amazing life that she led and all of the people that she touched and whose lives were made better because of her.

We are working on a memorial service and details will be posted here when available

In lieu of flowers, Liz requested that donations be made to Cancer Research charities or to her GoFundMe campaign to ease the burden of the medical bills she has left behind.  www.GoFundMe.com/Life4Liz

Tonight the Perseids Meteor Shower is at its peak. I plan on getting out this evening to watch the stars streak across the night sky for Liz who would have loved to be out there star gazing tonight. 

Elizabeth Ann Anderson

August 9, 1982 - August 12, 2017

Hospice Care

Dear Friends and Family,

These words aren’t easy to write, and won’t be easy to read either.

Monday evening, Liz was taken to the ER due to feeling unable to catch her breath. A few hours with an oxygen mask helped her get her full breath and the doctors went to work trying to find out what was causing this.

They discovered an aggressive infection and began treating it.

While in the hospital, they performed a CT scan and confirmed that the cancer has not responded to the immunotherapy treatment and has spread.

Liz has elected to cease treatment and begin Comfort Care with home hospice. She will not be receiving antibiotics or nightly nutrition. She will be given wonderful pain killers and lots of care.  We are estimating that Liz will be with us for less than two weeks.

Thank you to everyone who has come out to see her. I apologize to those who were hoping to come out this weekend but she doesn’t have much energy and would like to focus on being around her immediate family and friends at this time.

Liz is at peace with her decision to cease treatment and she hopes that we can all find that peace as well.