Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
PAT GALLINAGH, left, and Susan Kangas hold up a Lifekeeper Memory Quilt, dedicated to those who lost their lives to suicide. Gallinagh is a member of the Range Suicide Prevention Council and Kangas helped make the quilt.
By TOM STANKARD
IRONWOOD - When Pat Gallinagh's sister died of suicide in 1967, he wanted to do something about it.
To raise awareness of suicide, he joined the Lifekeeper Memory Quilt program.
Through the quilts, Gallinagh, of Ironwood, said it puts a human face on the tragedy of suicide and the toll it takes on the victim's family and the community.
Gallinagh, a member of the Range Suicide Prevention Council, said the club finished its sixth quilt earlier this week, with help from Susan Kangas, of Ironwood.
Each quilt, he said, serves as a personal and loving mem...
