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Article: Constance Zahorik, renowned philanthropist, dies
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- Pasadena Star-News
- Article date:
- December 4, 2008
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SAN MARINO - Constance Zahorik, a noted philanthropist who gave
her name to the Huntington Hospital Breast Cancer Center, died
Monday at the age of 93.
Services were held Thursday at Holy Family Catholic Church in
South Pasadena.
The Constance G. Zahorik Breast Cancer Center was dedicated in
2001 in honor of her tireless support of the hospital and the
hundreds of cancer patients who sought treatment and other support
services every day.
Her financial donations helped fund the hospital's Nurse
Navigator program, where nurse professionals or breast-care
coordinators guide patients through pre- and post-treatment and tend
to the patients needs.
"She was a breast cancer survivor herself ...