The family of mental health nurse Triza Partington will have lasting memories of the care she received from St Ann’s Hospice in her final months.
Triza, from Walkden, created memory gifts for her four children while attending arts and crafts sessions as a day care patient at the Little Hulton hospice.
The charity’s Hospice at Home service meant Triza was given every assistance before she died from cancer last July aged 54.
Her family were so touched by her care they organised a tribute evening in her honour at Moorside Social Club, Swinton, raising £2,810 for the charity.
Daughter Amanda Williamson, a mobile hairdresser, said: “St Ann’s did a lot for our mum in so many ways and we’ll always be grateful to them.
“She was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago and secondary cancer returned to her brain. She enjoyed the arts and crafts therapy and made memory keepsakes, such as handprint pictures, for when she was gone.”
Amanda, sister Lisa, brothers Andrew and Shaun and Triza’s partner Anthony Proctor, intend to make the charity night an annual event.
Amanda added: “We all helped in different ways to organise the charity night and Tony has been a rock since mum died.”
Photo: Triza Partington’s daughter Amanda and Triza’s partner Anthony Proctor.
