6/30/14 - A special, seafaring project is carrying on the message of a cancer patient who had lived in Milford and was buried in Howell. Maire Kent was 24 when she passed away from cancer of the heart in September at her home in Goodrich. A veteran of the US Army, Kent was a certified nurseâs assistant before passing away. Now, her family is fulfilling her final wish to have her ashes make the voyage from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. They will be carried in a three-foot sailboat crafted by a blind carpenter who had been Kentâs friend in life. The craft will be launched from the shore of Lake Michigan on July 12th. It bears a message on the sail, telling those who read it that she is trying to reach the ocean and asking them to set her back on the path. It will travel down the Erie Canal and Hudson River before reaching the sea. A documentary is being made about the end of Kentâs life, the construction of the boat, and its journey out to sea. For more information or to find the fundraiser for the documentary, follow the link below. (TD)
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