Board of Directors
- President - Paula Klose, MD
- Paula graduated from MidMichigan Medical Center's Family
Practice Residency in 1986 and has been a family practice doctor in
Midland since 1989. She also served as Medical Director for hospice
in its early days. Paula believes health care is a cooperative effort
between patients and their health care providers.
- Vice President - Becky Chronowski, PA-C
- Becky is a Physician Assistant at Dow Corning
Corporation Employee Health Services. She is the niece of Toni Waskevich.
She has lived in Midland for the past 16 years with husband, Larry,
and two sons. "I am very blessed to be a part of this grassroots
effort to provide a place of comfort and caring for the terminally ill.
"My Aunt Toni would be very proud."
- Treasurer - Aaron Oberlin, CFP®
- Aaron is a financial advisor with Rehmann. He has worked at Dow Chemical in Manufacturing
and Finance and also owned a retail business in Midland. Aaron graduated from
CMU with an MBA and from Michigan Tech with a BS in Chemical Engineering. Aaron is a
member of Midland Noon Rotary. He was a Big Brother for ten years.
- Secretary - Michelle Waskevich, LBSW
- Michelle is the daughter-in-law
of Toni Waskevich. Michelle strives to honor Toni's passion for caring
for the terminally ill through a hospice-like home in Midland. She has
been a caseworker for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midland County for
the past 11 years.
- Sally Czabala
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Sally is the Volunteer Care Coordinator for Toni & Trish House.
She lived in the Auburn community for most of her life and now resides
in Sanford. She is also an active caregiver at the House.
- Carol McPherson, BSN
- Carol is an occupational health
nurse at Dow Chemical. Her life has been touched by hospice when family
members have received care. In her work she has a pulse on the community
and recognizes the need for hospice care in Midland. She has been an
RN since 1992.
- Joanne Johnston
- JoAnne recently retired from the MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland after over
30 years of service. While employed at the medical center, JoAnne was the Continuing
Medical Education Coordinator and coordinated educational programs for health
professionals. She was also an active volunteer for numerous departments at the
medical center. She has lived in Auburn for over 35 years with her husband Bill.
Bill and JoAnne have two daughters and five grandchildren.
- John Waskevich
- John is youngest son of Toni, his mother. He lives in Midland working as a
Project Manager for Gerace Construction. He specializes in hydro-electric dam
rehabilitation throughout the United States. Additionally he is a member of the
Knights of Columbus. John has been very active in planning and the construction
of the memorial gardens surrounding the house.
- Ad Hoc Member - Kim Zielke, MD
- Dr. Zielke is board certified in internal
medicine and palliative care. She served as the medical director of
MidMichigan VNA/Hospice for twelve years. She started an in-home palliative
care consult service in Midland, Clare and Gladwin counties in 2003.
- Past Member - Julie Ortiz
- Julie has been a life-long resident of
Midland and a realtor in Midland for the past 20 years. She and her
husband and 2 daughters live in Midland and have been actively involved
in the community over the years. Julie would like to see both quality
of life and end of life quality care supported in our community.
- Past Member—Deb Winborn
- Deb has been a hospice social worker with MidMichigan
Home Care/Hospice for the past 10 yrs. She received her masters
in social work from MSU in 1998. She has two grown daughters and
has lived in Midland for the past 25 yrs. She became involved
in establishing a home for the care of the terminally ill after meeting
Trish McKelvey and her family in 2005. She is committed to providing
compassionate end of life care to terminally ill patients and their
families.
- Director - John S. McKelvey, RN
- John, son of Trish (Pat) McKelvey, has volunteered
and worked at Mother Teresa House in Lansing. He has an Associate degree in
Hospice and Grief Counseling from the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Hospice
training Institute in New Mexico. He also has an Associate degree in Nursing.
He has been a Registered Nurse since 1995.