Karen Huffman’s husband Danny was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2006, a rare form of cancer that is caused by asbestos exposure. He died four months later on July 31. Because her husband loved running and walking so much, Karen made a $3,000 memorial contribution for a new walking trail at the Kiwanis-Jaycees Community Park in Malta, Ohio. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the walking trail took place on August 18.
When making her contribution to the park, Karen submitted a story to a member of the park committee. Karen explained that Danny had loved to take a run every day until he suffered a knee injury; then he began walking two to three miles every day.
One morning in March 2006, Karen said that Danny was unable to finish his walk because he was out of breath. He told her to call the doctor to find out why he couldn’t breathe when he was walking. That was when he received his mesothelioma diagnosis. Two days before he died, Karen remembered walking with him when he turned to her to say that, if he couldn’t get out walking and talking with God, he didn’t think his life would be worth living. It was the last walk he ever took.
Karen felt that the walking trail was very important to the area, and she knew that Danny would have been the first person to walk on the trail if he’d been alive today. That is why she made her contribution in her husband’s memory.
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