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The following text is all a work in progress, so please bear with me. - Marisah

Fundraiser Goal: $13,000
Minimum Goal: $10,000

 Current Donations: $230
GoFundMe Donations: $1716

As many of you know, my grandmother/mémère, Kathryn Helems, has been in Baystate Hospital for over 2 weeks and is now currently in hospice care. My family, Meme's husband and her two children, are now at the stage of making posthumous arrangements, including the wake and funeral.


My mother Julie is responsible for making arrangements with the funeral home, and I am taking on the responsibility of any following receptions/ceremonies. The family would like to make funeral arrangements with Ahearn Funeral Home in Northampton, and they have quoted us $8,975 for the services we feel are best for my grandmother. These services include the wake, funeral, burial, and the mass at our family's church in Haydenville. Ahern's policy states that you have to pay this amount in full upon death, which we do not have as my grandmother has no life insurance and my entire family is on a tight budget with little income, and we are going day-by-day with her health and need to prepared. The only thing that is already taken care of is her headstone, which was reserved by my grandfather before his passing in 2011 and is located in St. Mary's Cemetery in Haydenville.

 

Traditionally, her (rather large) family usually has a reception after funerals at the Northampton Country Club, which is estimated to cost a minimum of $2,000 for a 5 hour event. I am unsure if this covers catering, flowers, etc. and would like to keep this tradition going and make it as nice as possible.

We will be starting a GoFundMe as soon as possible, but also want to allow anyone who wants to contribute to these funds to do so outside of GFM, especially to avoid the fees they take out of fundraising, and to assure that funds are available to us ASAP.


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Thank you all so much for continued support and generosity towards me and my family during this struggling time. We cannot begin to explain how much we appreciate you are, and how your kindness has been helping us get through this.

- Marisah Helems
aka DJ PRL




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