| Jessi-Ann Bettcher and her mother Lori Bettcher waits for Jessi-Ann to be discharged from Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at New York-Presbyterian in Manhattan June 12, 2007. The 17-year-old soccer player received lifesaving heart transplant surgery three weeks ago. ( Carucha L. Meuse / The Journal News )(Photo: Carucha L. Meuse, TJN) Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Jessi-Ann Bettcher, a Brewster woman who became a well-known advocate for organ donation after receiving a lifesaving transplant at the age of 17.
Bettcher died Nov. 3 at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She was 27.
A wake will be held Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Ave., Brewster. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. the following morning at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Brewster. An interment will follow at Raymond Hill Cemetery in Carmel, according to her obituary.
Her family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to New York State Donate Life (http://ift.tt/2fbdQz0), an organization that Bettcher served as a spokesperson for after undergoing her transplant. Continue reading
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