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We are thankful for those who have made an estate gift to a Hackensack Meridian Health hospital or program. Here are their stories.

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Couple’s Gratitude Becomes Meaningful Gift

Middlesex County residents Kenneth and Ruth Kreismer believe in supporting institutions that serve their communities well. As former patients of Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center, they considered it a blessing not to have to travel long distances for needed services and important that their doctors were affiliated with both facilities.

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Fostering Quality Health Care Through Giving

Russell “Russ” Wanot has a long-standing connection with Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center, the primary hospital for his community. Over the years, he has frequented the center for routine blood work, X-rays and consultations with skilled network practitioners.

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Hackensack University Medical Center—Life Saving Care Inspires Gift of Hope

Marilyn Moulton was filled with such appreciation for the organ transplant team at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center that she made a major decision that would benefit patients, like her, long into the future. She decided to graciously support research in the Division of Organ Transplantation at the medical center through a bequest of $1 million.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Geriatric medicine specialist Eileen Masterson, M.D., celebrated an important milestone in 2020. After more than 30 years of service, she retired from the medical team at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

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Ocean University Medical Center—Retired Nurse Gives Back

For 26 years, Sharon Dymnioski worked in the maternity unit at Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center. She began in labor and delivery, taking care of the soon-to-be moms, and later moved into the nursery, where she attended to newborn babies.

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Hackensack University Medical Center—She Loved People and People Loved Her Back

A remarkable woman of peerless professional accomplishments, the late Marie Garibaldi was a jurist who became the first female New Jersey Supreme Court judge. But those who knew her would say Marie's love of the law was equaled, if not surpassed, by her love of those around her.

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