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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 49.8 Jocelyn House Christmas Feature piece on one of Manitoba's only hospices on the day they gather for Christmas carolling with family and friends. Photos capturing the bitter sweet joy as residents in their end-of life stages take part in Christmas festivities with family and friends for the last time. Portrait of artwork of Jocelyn Hutton in Jocelyn House. History on home: Bill and Miriam Hutton donated their home to the community and founded the first free-standing hospice in Western Canada in 1985, in memory of their daughter Jocelyn, who died in 1980 at the age of 17. A remarkable teenager, Jocelyn lived the last months of her life sharing her message of acceptance, purpose and faith. Jocelyn House is the result of Jocelyns wish to die at home supported by family, friends and her community. This is for Melissa Martin's Dec 23rd feature. Dec 18, 2017
