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Widow thanks Acton community A grieving Acton widow wants to make sure the people who helped make it possible for her husband to spend his last Christmas at home, know how much their help meant to their family. Doug Gerrard, 39, succumbed to Hodgkin's Ly m p h o m a a t 4 : 3 0 Tu e s d a y m o r n i n g i n Georgetown hospital, where he had been moved to on Monday. "They had sent him home with the prognosis of six months, so it went a lot faster than even the doctors thought it would," Jennifer Gerrard said on Tuesday, adding, "he was in such pain Gerrard battled cancer for 13 years and in December, his discharge from hospital was in jeopardy because he did not have a proper hospital bed and special lift ­ both which were donated to the family after an appeal in The New Tanner. Gerrard said without with donations of the hospital bed and equipment, her husband might not have been able to come home, just before Christmas. "Everybody was so amazing ­ what a wonderful community." Gerrard leaves his wife, daughters, Jessica, 13, and Ashley, 14, and a n e x t e n d e d f a m i l y. Visitation is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. and again from 7 to 9 p.m. today (Thursday) at the MacKinnon Family Funeral Home, and a funeral service will be held tomorrow (Friday) at St. Alban-the-Martyr Church at 1:30 p.m. TO IT'S WORTH THE DRIVE The NEW Volume 15 No. 07 Newstand Price 40¢ + GST Your Hometown Newspaper Thursday, February 16, 2012 `07 Caravan .................Seats 7!! ACTON MOTORS 853·1280 VALENTINE'S DAY TREATS: Enjoying a Valentine's afternoon tea at Trinity United Church this past Saturday were, left to right: Maureen Kraszani, Citizen of the Year Dorothy Rognvaldson and Trinity's minister, the Reverend Hyuk Cho. Guests were treated to endless cups of tea, sandwiches, cookies, desserts and more. ­ Ted Tyler photo S Horseshoes and ' T oven mitts? A E H ID W S See page 3 IN Make Death Wait Eden Mills holds Celebrate Heart & Stroke Guiness hopscotch with our advertisers record See page 8 & 9 See page 10