7,000 in Lustgarten pancreatic cancer walk
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Cara Schmier of Carle Place gets emotional during the Lustgarten Foundation's 12th annual Long Island Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk held along the boardwalk at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh. (Oct. 14, 2012)
Her T-shirt bore the face and name of her late husband, Frank Dunworth. When a stranger inquired about him, Anne Marie Dunworth started talking. She beamed about his career as a plumber and the simple ways he lived, picking up his children from school and cooking dinner for the family.
She recalled how hard he fought pancreatic cancer during his last months. Then she cried.
Frank Dunworth,...
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