Stories

Stories

Rani Hoke Piccola
Rani Hoke Piccola

Rani Hoke Piccola

Rani’s story begins with her February 2021 diagnosis of stage four bile duct cancer at age 35.

Virginia Rowland
Virginia Rowland

Virginia Rowland

In October 2022 our mother, Ginny Rowland, was admitted to the Rome Abraham House. She had taken a turn for the worse and we could no longer care for her at home.

Augustine DeCarlis
Augustine DeCarlis

Augustine DeCarlis

Abraham House:  A loving family that you didn’t know you had and needed at such a critical time. 

Dominic Testa
Dominic Testa

Dominic Testa

So I get him into his bed and he tells me to get his favorite hat off the shelf, I asked him why and he said he was going home.

Liberty Danti
Liberty Danti

Liberty Danti

Upon arrival, my mother picked the beautiful, freshly painted and decorated pink bedroom.

Lynn Cox
Lynn Cox

Lynn Cox

Our mom, wife, sister, Nanny and friend, Lynn Cox lost her final battle to lung cancer on October 29th 2021.  She was our world. 

Joseph Basi
Joseph Basi

Joseph Basi

Joe had a special place in his heart for Gina Ciaccia, the Abraham House, and its mission for several years prior to it becoming our home in his final days. 

Diane Daley
Diane Daley

Diane Daley

From the moment she arrived and was put in the “Green Room” with me by her side, the process of “dying” became more of a process of “living and loving every moment.”

Carmen Russo Jr.
Carmen Russo Jr.

Carmen Russo Jr.

Members of his family dubbed him, “Mr. Mayor” in his later years in keeping with his charismatic aura whether he was conversing with a single person or “working a room.”