Kathy

she wanted to donate her body to science so students and doctors may find a cure for cancer

My beloved wife Kathy was stricken with Melanoma Cancer and battled it for 3 years. When she died, she wanted to donate her body to science so students and doctors may find a cure for cancer. In the afternoon before her death, a good friend of ours told me of MedCure and of what they did for his father when he passed. We got on the phoen and made … [Read more...]

Carroll

Carroll

My mother, Carroll was a precious, sweet woman. After my father William passed (his donor story is here), she wanted the same everything for her, including MedCure. MedCure has been professional and compassionate in honoring my mother. Thank you for being available. May our future physicians that learn from your facility be richly blessed. … [Read more...]

William

My father William, who was a courageous and a brave soul, lived a life of many adventures.

My father William, who was a courageous and a brave soul, lived a life of many adventures. He was a Veteran by serving our U.S. Army and Air Force, earning his Purple Heart from a wound in the Korean War. Although he wanted to be a lawyer, his love for aerospace consumed him. While working for NASA he was one of their lead mechanics for the Lunar … [Read more...]

Paul

My father, Paul donated his body to MedCure

My father, Paul donated is body to MedCure because he read that they harvest the spine to do spinal injury research, knowing that I have spinal injury from 2004. He knew it wouldn't help me, but it would help someone else someday. Dad never let anything go to waste, right to the end. He didn't even waste his shell after his Spirit was free. … [Read more...]

Donald

Donald donated his body to help someone else

We found out in April 2012 that Donald, my beloved husband, soul mate of almost 40 years had metastatic lung cancer. We discussed how he wanted to donate his body so that it might help someone else with the same disease; He passed July 2012. He made light of his illness and took advantage of his good days. I was by his side the whole time. I thank … [Read more...]

Dennis

"Dennis and I decided to make our donation because so many people have helped us thru the years. This was our way of paying it forward to someone else. Thank you for allowing us to do this." … [Read more...]

James

"We decided we wanted to help other people by donating. Also, one of the reasons we are living longer today is because of the progress made in medicine through other's donation of their body. We hope our donation will be helpful to many." … [Read more...]

Violet

Mom was a loving wife and mother, she was ahead of her time and always cared about others.

"Both mom and dad decided to donate their bodies to research many years ago because dad was dying of leukemia. He passed away in 1978. He was one of the first to use Prednisone. It caused many side effects and mom and dad wanted the research done so doctors could learn and they did. Mom kept her wish until April 26, 2012 when she passed away and … [Read more...]

Eugene “Bubba”

If it helps just one person, Bubba’s wish will have come true.

"I lost my significant other, best friend and most of all the love of my life for 17 years to kidney cancer. He lived with this disease for 3 ½ years and fought it will all his strength until the end. One of his last wishes was to donate his body to science so that it could be studied to help find a cure for this dreadful disease. His goal was to … [Read more...]

Harold

My father wanted to donate his body to medicine

"My father wanted to donate his body to medicine because he felt like he never contributed much to society. But that was not true. As a young man he was productive as a Korean War veteran, commercial flight instructor and father of three. He regretted he did not have much to leave to his grandchildren, but with MedCure, all his savings went to … [Read more...]