'That’s what’s rewarding to me': Longtime hospice volunteer honors patients with annual Tree of Remembrance

By: Kathryn Merck

Posted: Dec 22, 2024 5:53 AM CST

NOW: ’That’s what’s rewarding to me’: Longtime hospice volunteer honors patients with annual Tree of Remembrance

WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Kathryn Merck meets longtime hospice volunteer Alan Poeppel. Every holiday season Alan decorates a tree outside his Waukesha County home with an ornament created for each patient who has passed.