Lorraine, Meghan’s mother, is facing an incredibly difficult season after the passing of her husband, Richard, on February 17, 2026. At 77 years old, Lorraine is living on a very limited fixed income from Social Security and is also dealing with serious mobility challenges caused by chronic and degenerative conditions. After losing the person she shared more than 40 years of life with, Lorraine is now trying to remain in the home that she and Richard built together. That home is more than a place to live. It is where so many memories were made, and where Lorraine still feels close to Richard during this painful time of grief and adjustment.

The family is now carrying the heavy burden of $5,000 in cremation expenses that had to be charged to a credit card, along with $4,500 in property and school taxes and homeowner’s insurance on Lorraine’s home. Her devoted daughter, Meghan, is doing everything she can while having to maintain her own apartment an hour away for work. Lorraine's step children, Dana and Chelsea, and their families, have also done all they can to help alleviate these burdens, but rising costs are making it harder for them as well. These debts and expenses are so overwhelming that they will also make it much harder for Lorraine and Meghan to keep up with other basic needs like heating, electric, food, and medications. The burden of this loss and debt will reach into their first holiday season without Richard, making an already painful time even harder.

Donations will help first by paying off the credit card used for Richard’s cremation and by covering Lorraine’s property and school taxes and homeowner’s insurance so she can stay in the home she built with her late husband. This fundraiser is not for Meghan. It is for Lorraine, so she can remain in the beautiful and peaceful home that holds Richard’s memory. If you are able, please help support Lorraine and help keep Richard’s memory alive inside the home they built together.