Many of our readers know our dear friend and TBD Blogger, Hal Alpiar. He is a wonderful man that loved his wife Kathy and did all the right things to help her through her long illness.
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Hal,
Our hearts go out to you in your time of grief over the loss of your dear "Kath". We're praying for you, dear friend, that your sorrow and loneliness will be lessened by the memories of 25 wonderful years together as husband and wife and business partners.
Virtual hugs to you from your blogger community!
Jonena
Below is an exerpt from Kathy's obituary:
Kathleen Alpair was a graduate of East Brunswick, NJ, High School. She attended Trenton State College, and later completed a program in signing to work with deaf and hearing impaired children. She was particularly proud of her Big Brothers and Big Sisters counseling experience, her guitar playing, needlecraft creations, her nine-year career as a bank branch manager and loan officer, plus nine years as a wholesale food distributor general manager and company purchasing agent.
But Kathleen Alpiar’s greatest career accomplishments came in her work with her husband, Hal. They were partners in Businessworks, a professional management and marketing solutions firm in NJ, and then TheWriterWorks.com, LLC. professional writing and marketing services (in DE).
With her business functions, Kathy specialized in proofing, and in coordinating and contracting freelance providers –designers, photographers, illustrators, printers, and promotional suppliers-- in facilitating client communications and project scheduling, and in financial management.
As a result of Kathy’s organizational efforts to support her husband’s creative skills, the two won a national book award for Doctor Shopping… How to Choose the Right Doctor for You and Your Family, plus numerous regional and national marketing awards for other client projects.
She contributed to hundreds of healthcare development projects, and spearheaded managerial coordination for the successful plan and launch of the Pennsylvania Heart Institute; BioMotion of America (3-D motion analysis for physical therapy); Rubberecycle (recycled tire rubber particles for play, sports, and horse training surfaces); Orthopedic Patient Partnerships and Backpackers Spine Health & Strength Training programs (and others) for NJ medical centers.
Kathy’s favorite pastimes though, featured day trips from home –in both Delaware and New Jersey—to take bayfront and oceanfront beach walks with Hal and her pets. They lived in Brick and Little Egg Harbor, NJ, prior to relocating to Delaware. Kathy collected teddy bears, and small gifts to bring to every host home she visited. She particularly liked doing word puzzles, and believe it or not, enjoyed cleaning; she was very proud of her home and her housekeeping.
Kathy (or “Kath” as those closest called her) passed away quickly and quietly at 2:58 am on March 9, 2012, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, after a year-long illness and two-month-long health struggle.
Hal Alpiar, www.BusinessWorks.US
I am so sorry to hear about your loss and I would like to offer you my condolences. I can understand your frustrations and pains in your heart with this world and why we should have hope because I used to feel the same way. But keep in mind that God is always there to keep us going and He will never leave us especially in times like this.
Cathy,
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Posted by: Cathy Miller | June 19, 2013 at 06:01 AM