Butterflies released in remembrance of lost loved ones
Vickie Zobel presented the meditation as MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
Judy Hauser helps free some butterflies as MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
The Zimmerman Family performs as MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
Vickie Zobel presented the meditation as MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.” The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies. (Press photo James Grob.)
In a solemn Independence Day ceremony Thursday in Andres Park behind the Floyd County Museum, MercyOne North Iowa Hospice held a “Wings of HOsPicE Butterfly Release.”
The event was intended to provide a nurturing, renewing experience for those honoring or grieving a loved one, and concluded with the release of butterflies.
Proceeds from the event went to benefit MercyOne North Iowa Hospice patients by helping subsidize services and therapies.
Several dozen people attended and enjoyed refreshments, music and fellowship with other families and friends, and the names of lost loved ones were read. Local lay minister Vickie Zobel told the story of her own loss, and said that the release of butterflies was symbolic of her journey.
“I will be the first to tell you that faith, family and friends are what truly carried me through my journey,” she said. “I’ve thought a lot about my last seven years, and I’ve thought a lot about butterflies. Is the butterfly a depiction of the loved one we’ve lost, or a depiction of us?”
Judy Hauser gave the “Butterfly Blessing,” reciting prose entitled “The Butterfly, a symbol of hope.” The poem says, in part, “… a butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam, and for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world, but then it flies again, and though we wish it could have stayed, we feel blessed to have seen it.”
The ceremony started with a welcome and reading by Katie Schuester, who recited the poem “Remember Me.” Songs were performed by The Zimmerman Family.
Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and members of the Charles City Parks and Recreation Board get ready to cut a ribbon officially dedicating the new Donna White Memorial Playground at Sportsmen's Park on Friday evening. From left are Ambassadors DeLaine Freeseman and Mayor Dean Andrews; Charles City Department of Parks and Recreation Director Tyler Mitchell: Parks & Rec Board President Jeff Otto and board members Chris Eldridge, Sarah Barrett and Scott Nolte; and Ambassadors Kip Hauser and Tammy Elthon. Press photo by Bob Steenson
By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com
A regional disability services organization will...
Posted on
The Donna White Memorial Playground will be officially dedicated in a ceremony tonight (Friday, July 25) at 6 p.m. at the playground site in Sportsmen's Park in Charles City. Press photo by Bob Steenson
By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com
An inclusive new chapter in Charles City’s...
Posted on
Photos provided
Bombers softball players Sadie Gintz, upper photo, of Charles City and Paisley Ott, lower photo, of Rockford have been selected to play in the USSSA All-American Games, July 22-Aug. 2, in Vera West, Florida.
We use cookies to ensure that our website gives you the best experience possible. By continuing to use this website, you agree to this use of cookies.OK
Social Share