Planned Giving – Hospice of Michigan

Legacy Giving

JUNE B. HAMERSMA LEGACY SOCIETY

Since 1980, June B. Hamersma has been one of Hospice of Michigan’s most devoted supporters. Recognizing the need to ensure that quality hospice care is available to all who need it, she established the Hospice of Michigan Foundation in June 1994, serving as its first board president. One of the fundamental principles of the Hospice of Michigan Foundation that June instituted was an intense focus on community support. Thus, the Hospice of Michigan Foundation proudly ensures that money raised in a specific community can be directed to stay in that community, providing friends and neighbors support when they need it.

Making a legacy gift to the Hospice of Michigan Foundation is a great way to ensure income for your beneficiary, achieve tax benefits and help make certain that quality hospice care is available to our community for the future. Regardless of the amount, a legacy gift has the power to change lives for generations to come.

What to consider
Hospice of Michigan would be honored to be included in your long-range plans. When thoughtfully considered, a legacy gift can enhance your own financial well-being while making a difference for those facing a terminal illness. There are a range of options that can provide immediate benefits, such as increasing current income or providing additional retirement income while reducing income and estate taxes. Some types of gifts can virtually eliminate estate taxes, while others can greatly reduce the amount of tax you are responsible for during your lifetime.

Here are some of the ways you can create a legacy*

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO…

THEN YOU CAN…

YOUR BENEFITS ARE…

Bequest

Defer a gift until after your lifetime

Put a bequest in your will (cash, property, or share of the estate)

A gift that is fully exempt from estate tax

Gift of Retirement Assets

Avoid being taxed—twice—on an IRA or other employee benefit plan

Name Hospice of Michigan as the beneficiary of the remainder of the assets after your lifetime

The ability to leave your family other assets that carry less tax liability

Gift of Life Insurance

Make a large gift with little cost to yourself

Contribute a life insurance policy that you no longer need

Currently and possibly future tax deductions

Gift of Real Estate

Avoid capital gains tax on the sale of a home or other real estate

Donate the property to Hospice of Michigan

An income tax deduction, plus reduction or elimination of capital gains tax

*These are some of the ways you can give. Please consult your financial advisor for the best way to give for your unique situation.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS YOU CAN CREATE A LEGACY*

BEQUEST

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO…
Defer a gift until after your lifetime

THEN YOU CAN…
Put a bequest in your will (cash, property, or share of the estate)

YOUR BENEFITS ARE…
A gift that is fully exempt from estate tax

GIFT OF RETIREMENT ASSETS

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO…
Avoid being taxed—twice—on an IRA or other employee benefit plan

THEN YOU CAN…
Name Hospice of Michigan as the beneficiary of the remainder of the assets after your lifetime

YOUR BENEFITS ARE…
The ability to leave your family other assets that carry less tax liability

GIFT OF LIFE INSURANCE

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO…
Make a large gift with little cost to yourself

THEN YOU CAN…
Contribute a life insurance policy that you no longer need

YOUR BENEFITS ARE…
Currently and possibly future tax deductions

GIFT OF REAL ESTATE

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO…
Avoid capital gains tax on the sale of a home or other real estate

THEN YOU CAN…
Donate the property to Hospice of Michigan

YOUR BENEFITS ARE…
An income tax deduction, plus reduction or elimination of capital gains tax

*These are some of the ways you can give. Please consult your financial advisor for the best way to give for your unique situation.

Gift planning possibilities:

A gift of appreciated assets, such as stocks or securities
A bequest to the Hospice of Michigan Foundation in your existing will or living trust
Naming the Hospice of Michigan Foundation as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy, retirement plan, or IRA
A donor-advised fund with your community foundation
A charitable remainder trust, which may benefit you, your family and friends, and the Hospice of Michigan Foundation

Bequest designations in a will, revocable trust, insurance policy or retirement plan are generally revocable and may be changed during your lifetime; however, certain trusts are irrevocable, and funds may not be returned once transferred.

For more information about including Hospice of Michigan in your estate plan or becoming a member of the June B. Hamersma Legacy Society, please call Stephanie Le, Director of Major and Legacy Gifts at 248.346.4253 or email sle@hom.org.

A Legacy Gift is one of the most meaningful ways to support a charity that is dear to your heart. A Legacy Gift ensures that your charity will continue in perpetuity. Winston Churchill said it best, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

–Stephanie Le

The June B. Hamersma Society recognizes individuals who have named Hospice of Michigan as a beneficiary in their estate plans, trusts or wills. These individuals share in June’s vision and passion of leaving a legacy for the future of Hospice of Michigan.

Richard Clarence Adiska*

Sharon Alexander*

Robert and Maggie Allesee*

Jean A. Anderson*

Todd and Kat Antrim

Charles R. Ardis*

Frank J. Arleth*

Helen M. Atchinson*

Charles and Jessica Austin

Charles and Phyllis Bach*

David and Linda Bailey

Debra A. Bailey*

Kenneth Baker*

James and Shirley Balk

Lawrence and Elaine Baumunk*

Loren and Wanda Baxter*

Reba Cora Bean*

Robert L. Beardslee

Walter S. Beattie*

Gertrude G. Benthem*

Kenneth D. Betz*

Harold L. Bienenfeld*

Frances M. Binder*

Edna Irene Bishoff*

Edward Blickley*

Luann Blom*

Ardath E. Bogart*

Arriana Boomstra*

The Borton Family* Trust

Lawrence D., Sr. and Dolores E.* Bos

John A. Bott*

Robert Boulton*

Leo E. Bowhuis*

Margaret E. Bowman*

Eleanore F. Bradshaw*

Elaine M. Bragger*

Donald T. Breen*

Edmund P. Brennan*

Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Brintnall

Ruben C. Brost*

Margaret Brower*

H. Justin Brown*

Rose Brudi*

Patricia E. Buchs

Roy Raymond Buckman*

Paul and Dorothy Buday*

Lee C. Budge*

Clara D. Burrows*

Bruce and Mary Jane Bussey

Bob and Nancy Cahill

William “Charlie” and Ruth L. Carpenter

Robert J. Carr*

Nettie H. Carroll*

Virginia Cartwright*

Gordon R. Case*

Bader and Carolyn Cassin

Donald G. Castle*

William C. Cathers*

Ruth E. Catron*

Mary E. Chamberlain*

Marilyn Chernoff*

Gladys E. Chinn*

Allen B. Christman*

Mildred E. Church*

Elaine L. Clarke*

Maude E. Clement*

Dorothy P. Cobey*

Diane N. Colombo

Harold G. Comfort*

Arden and Myrtle Connell*

William James and Marjorie Connor – In Tribute to Sue Bowler*

Peter C. Cook*

Charles E. Coultas*

Bruce W. and Mary A. Covey*

Marian C. Craft*

Thelma Craig*

Martha and Joseph Crawford

Constance K. Cremer*

Sylvia Cunningham-Jenkins*

Mary Ann and Francis Curtis*

Morris M. and Ruth A. Dalitz*

Cornelia DeFouw*

Harry N. Dell*

Lillian E. Delmar*

Gertrude Dembny*

Clifford Rowe Dempster*

John O. DeWolf*

Dana and Dorothy Dickinson*

John P. Dobson*

George and Laura* Dora

Catherine C. Dugan*

Kenneth J. Dumont*

Kathryn Durrant*

Theodore Dutmer*

George A. Eastman*

Vila Eberhard*

Linda J. Edmundson*

Ollie G. Edmundson*

Karen Ann Eggert*

Vernon J. and Johanna Ehlers*

Ernest A. Evans*

Harriet S. Fairbrother*

Theodore and Iva Fales*

Anthony M. Farage*

Martha H. Felton*

Clare Finch*

Lorne D. Finlayson*

Irma M. Fisk*

Alice and Jim Forrest

Betty J. Franklin*

Mary B. Fuertges*

Victor D. and Margaret N. Fuller*

Rick D. Fulton “In Memory of Sandy Fulton”*

Helen Funke*

Bernice M. Fura*

Margaret Pauline Furman*

Elizabeth K. Gallagher*

Genevieve A. Garcia*

Gregory Mark and Betsy Gathercole

Geis Family*

Dolores L. Gensley*

Margaret George*

Sylvia Gershenson-Sloman*

Ruth Gevercer*

Chester and Wanda Gieldowski*

Ann C. Gilman*

Adrienne Goldberg*

Priscilla A.B. Goodell*

Celia Goodman*

Howard Gowing*

Audrey C. Green*

Marcella Groff*

Lena L. Guaresimo*

Gwendolyn Gussow*

Violet J. Gustafson*

Esther A. Hall*

John and June* Hamersma

Elinor Ann Hamm*

Lillian E. Hammond*

William A. and Beatrice R. Hannula*

Louise C. Harris*

Dr. Robert and Lynette Harrison*

Carol Ruth Harroun*

Carol A. Hart*

Jackie* and Dennis Hartford

Norman E. Harwood*

Margaret Ann Hasenclever*

Betty J. Hay*

Marguerite Haynor*

Elizabeth L. Heaton*

Michael and Jeanette Heck*

Muriel Mae Henry*

Mary Elizabeth Norris Henschell*

Nancy Elizabeth Hibbett*

J. Michael Hickox

Marcie and Brian Hillary

Joyce Hillert*

Donna Jean Hoef and Richard A. Zellner*

Henry C. Hoffman*

Evelyn E. Holtorf*

Gertrude Holtrop*

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Horvath

Mark Howard*

Marion E. Howe*

Frances L. Ingersoll*

Daisy M. Irwin*

William J. Johns*

C. Vernon Johnson*

Theresa B. Johnson*

Chrystal M. Jones*

Norma L. and Robert A. Jones*

Helen Jongsma*

Thelma R. Kaminski*

Bernard J Kanthack*

Al and Mary Karner* Charitable Trust

Asahel G. Kellogg*

Edith L. Kemp*

Jennie V. Kerr*

Maurine Kildegaard*

Thomas E. Kimble

Frank E. Kingsley*

Eugene Kleeman* Charitable Remainder Unitrust

Forris B. Klooster*

Edward M. and Henrietta M. Knabusch*

Margaret Jeanne Kole*

Andrew T. Kott*

Frank J. Koziara*

Gordon C. and Margaret D. Kjeldgaard*

George William Kriegner*

Walter L. Kuczka*

Wanda Labedz*

James and Mary LaFleur

Joan L. Lalley*

Hazel A. Larkins*

Judith A. Larsen*

Leona Katherine Laskowski*

Stephanie T. Le and Ky M. Cam

Agnes LeClair*

Gerda A. Lehew*

Raymond LeVeque*

Dorothy F. Lewis*

Laura L. Luce*

Elsie E. Lumsden*

Marjorie G. Lumsden*

J. Edward Lundy*

Margaret Luskin*

Wanda F. and Willard F. Lyons*

Phyllis MacKay*

Jean Whitehead MacLellan*

Doris Magennis*

Doreen M. Makura*

Harry J. Malik*

Viola L. Mallory*

Margaret L. Manier*

Marilyn A. Marks*

Thomas W. Marks*

Bonita J. Marshall*

Leokadia L. Marshall*

Roberta Martens*

William Sibert Martens Jr.*

Charles E. Martin*

Marie Maulbetsch*

Catherine G. Mazurek*

June and Cecil McDole*

Marion B. McGinnis*

John and Nancy Miett

John Mihalik*

Myron Milgrom*

Patrick and Tamara Miller

Paul C. Miller*

Vera M. Miller*

Eleanor V. Mirek*

Billie* and Lee R. Miskowski

Ruth Moffatt*

Hilda M. Moore and Thomas Moore*

Lynn D. Morrow*

Elmer A. Murray*

Lee Ann Myers

Rose Mysliwiec*

Leona Nauta*

Louise Hitt Neesley*

Valerie B. Nelson*

Louise Nesif*

Emma F. Neumann*

Lois J. Nichols*

Doris E. Nielsen*

Hazel Northman*

Paul Noto*

Mary T. Naudzius*

Beulah M. Nyblad*

Donna* and Lance J. Oberg

Leonard C. Obermeyer*

Kathleen Obershea*

Paul K. Odland*

Maureen K. O’Hare*

Dorothy C. Oliver*

Patricia J. Orlowski*

Leonard ‘Jack’ Osie*

Donald G. and Shirley A. Palardy*

Dr. Michael Paletta and Dr. Cheryl Patterson

Helen W. Palmatier*

Risakubde Luise Parsons*

Joan Pastoor*

James F. Paul*

Rita Perdue*

Bruna Peshtani*

Stanley and Myrene Petitpren*

Albert and Blanche Phelps*

Laura J. Pifferello*

William C. Pittello*

Fraser E. Pomeroy*

Jeannine A. Pool*

Joan Porter*

James and Maureen Prest

Russell C. Pryor*

Chris and Michelle Rabideau

Charles W. Rasmussen*

Pauline A. Regna*

Maurice F. Remenak*

Vera Riddell*

Lorraine and William Robbe*

Claude G. and Marion J. Robinson*

Enid V. Robinson*

Vera E. Rombough*

Jane W. Rosenbaum*

Edna Grace Rossano*

‘Ruth J. Roth*

Maurine E. Russell*

Rosalie Russo*

Arthur R. Rutkowski*

Wilma Rynbrandt*

Janet Sanders*

Christina Santini*

Gladys G. Sauer*

Alvin J. Schettl*

Maxine Ruby Schmolitz*

Morrison S. Schneider*

Howard W. Scholten*

Lenore B. Schultz*

Joseph B. and Barbara J. Schwanitz*

Julianne Scott*

Katherine A. Seager*

Julian R. Sears*

Lee J. Seymour*

Robert P. Shafer*

Ruth L. Shattuck*

Walter C. and Dorothy G. Shaw*

Marjorie E. Shepard*

Kenneth A. D. Shrodes*

Ann Skillman Moore*

Margaret Couzens Slattery*

Mary Lee Slocum*

Bruce J. Smith*

Hartland B. Smith*

Margaret E. Smith*

Melvin Jay Smith*

Sally and John R. Smith

Elizabeth E. Snell*

Antoinette Sobocinski*

Patricia A. Sofinski*

June M. Sokol*

Gerard P and Irene Sommerdyke*

Harvey Spoelstra*

Hazel Stahl*

Eugene Steensma*

Ethel I. Stephan*

Barbara Douglas Stevens*

Raymond H. Stevens*

John Franklin Stone*

Tina Stuk*

Leonard Donald Stuller*

Patricia Sturtevant*

M. Irene Sullivan*

Barbara G. Theriault*

Joye C. Thomas*

Lucie Ann Thomassin*

Marjorie L. Thurkettle*

Jane Tol

Janet E. Towne*

Judith Ann Trudeau*

William L. and Anna B. Turner*

Helen Tyrrell*

Mary Grace Unbehend*

Allison R. VandenBerg*

Leslie J. Vantatenhove*

Alyce Louise Veen*

Harry Fred Vellmure, Jr.*

Clarence J. Venema*

James R. and Lucile Vickers*

Jay and Bethel Wagner Trust

Kenneth R. Wagner*

Sandra J. Wagner

Esther R. Wallace*

Verena M. Ward

June Webber*

Ida Hannan Weiswasser*

Sophia Welliver*

Connie Wenger

Marie T. Wernette*

Marlene A. Wever*

Lillian Whitman*

Bev and Jerry Whitten*

Victoria R. Wietchy*

Marilyn Jean Winters*

Bud and Irma Winther*

James and Debra Wisneski

Gloria J. Witters*

Lillian V. Woidka*

Frances Wolf*

Robert and Barbara Wood*

Patricia A. Worley*

Dorothy E. Wray*

Laura Suzanne Wright*

Anne T. York*

Kathryn E. Zabel*

Katherine A. Zant*

Emily Zelenka*

Mary Ann Zimmerman*

*In grateful memory