[ Rosalie Byers, 89, of Topeka, had lived a long and productive life. ]

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: August 3, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

By Jan Biles

Photograph by Chris Landsberger

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Rosalie Byers, 89, of Topeka, had lived a long and productive life. So when she was told last fall that her breast cancer had returned and was spreading through her body, she decided to face reality.

"You have to die sometime," she said.

Although she relinquished herself to the fact that she was going to die, Rosalie still wanted to control how she died. She wanted to be at home. She wanted to be pain-free. She wanted her loved ones around.

A few years earlier, Heart of America Hospice had helped her husband, Chris, through his ...

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