Toledo Area Bereavement
Support Groups
List compiled by Northwest Ohio HEALS for informational
purposes only. Individuals are encouraged to contact the group facilitator
for specific information regarding the goals and purpose of each group
while identifying its appropriateness for personal needs. |
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BEREAVED
SPOUSES
Alone Again:
Contact: Mary Beth Danford (419) 893-1994
Time: 1st Wednesday, 3:00pm
Place: Maumee Senior Center, 2430 S. Detroit Ave., Maumee 43537
Alone Again is a support group for older adults
who are experiencing the loss of a spouse through nursing home placement,
divorce, or death.
Supportive Spouses
FOUR-WEEK GROUP - Advance registration required
Open to recently bereaved men and women who are adjusting to life without
their mates.
- Mondays, July 7-28 from 4-5:30 pm at the Perrysburg Center.
- Mondays, September 8-29 from 4-5:30 pm at the Toledo Center.
- Mondays, November 3-24 from 3-4:30 pm at the Perrysburg Center.
Widowed (Widows and Widowers):
Contact: Hazel Roof (419) 475-3645 or Kathy Kier (419) 535-7653
Time: 3rd Thursday, 7:00pm
Place: Hope Lutheran Church, (corner Bancroft & Secor)
2201 Secor Road, Toledo 43606
This group is not a social group, but is instead a working grief support
organization. Anyone who has lost a spouse to death is welcome.
BEREAVED CHILDREN AND TEENS
Young Families in Grief
An ongoing workshop for both young spouses (under age 55) and
their children which provides education on grief, support and assists in
the adjustment to their loss.
The following 2 groups run simultaneously:
Adult’s Group
Young widows and widowers reflect on the premature death of their
spouses and explore ways to develop healthy responses to their evolving
feelings of grief.
Kids Group 5–13 Year Olds
Concurrently running group for children who have experienced the
death of a parent. Art, music, and play will be used to help children share
their feelings and better understand their grief. Parents and children
do some activities together.
Contact: Hospice of Northwest Ohio Bereavement office 419-661-4001
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm the second and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
Place: Hospice of Northwest Ohio Toledo Center, 800 S. Detroit
Avenue, Toledo, OH 43609
Free and open to any grieving family. You do not have to have a child to
attend this group.
Advanced Registration Required
Coping with Any Loss Kid's Group
THIS IS AN ONGOING GROUP - Advance registration required
Open to any child 5 to 15 years old was has experienced the death of a
family member or friend.
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30 pm at the Toledo Center.
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BEREAVED
PARENTS
Bereaved Parents Support Group:
Contact: Sue Valle (419) 872-2541 and Frank & Brenda Cody
(419) 878-4442
Time: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00pm
Place: United Presbyterian Church, 200 East Second St., Perrysburg
43551
This support group is open to all parents who have experienced the death
of a child (young child or adult child).
Caring and Restoring Each Other - CARE:
Contact: Kim Folk-Axe (419) 291-5421
Time: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30pm
Place: The Toledo Hospital Cafeteria Rm #4, 2142 N. Cove, Toledo
43606
This group focuses on the support of bereaved parents experiencing peri-natal
deaths (miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths of infants). The group provides
support on a parent-to-parent basis with trained bereavement volunteers,
as well as monthly group meetings.
Compassionate Friends:
Contact: Pat Breyman, (419) 894-6749
Time: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Place: St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 2818 E. Sandusky
St., Findlay, OH.
For bereaved parents.
Northwest Ohio SID support Network
Contact:Jim Marlowe 419-389-3133
This group provides peer support to family members of infants who have
died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or suddently and unexpetedly of undetermined
causes.
Our Children Remembered:
Contact: Paul & Barbara White (419) 882-2676
Time: 3rd Wednesday, 7:30-9:30pm
Place: St. Joseph Catholic Church (419) 885-5791, 5373 S. Main,
Sylvania 43560
This is an ecumenical bereavement support group for parents who have experienced
the death of a child.
Remember Me - Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Cheryl Peiffer (419) 696-7721
Time: 4th Tuesday, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Place: Mercy Women's Care at St. Charles Navarre Medical Plaza,
2702 Navarre Ave., Suite 101, Oregon 43616
Bereavement support group for those experiencing a death of a baby due
to prenatal loss, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillborn, and/or neonatal
death (up to 3 months of age).
Coping with Any Loss Adult Group
THIS IS AN ONGOING GROUP - Advance registration required
Open to any adult who has experienced the death of a family member or friend.
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30 pm at the Toledo Center.
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SUICIDE/HOMICIDE/TRAUMATIC
DEATH
Survivors of Suicide
Contact: Kelly McFellin at 419-243-9178
Time: 3rd Monday of every month, 7:30-9:00 pm
Place: All Saints Lutheran Church, 5445 Heatherdowns, Toledo,
43614
This group provides a safe place to meet and share thoughts and feelings
for those who are grieving the death by suicide of a friend or loved one.
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GENERAL
BEREAVEMENT
After Your Parent Dies
FOUR-WEEK GROUP - Advanced Registration Required
Open to adults who are grieving the death of one or both parents.
• Mondays, August 4-25 from 5:30-7 pm at the Perrysburg Center.
• Thursdays, October 2-23 from 5:30-7 pm at the
Toledo Center.
Alzheimer's Grief and Bereavement Group
The goal of this group is to provide support for families who are experiencing
grief related to the loss of a friend or family member from Alzheimer's
disease or other related memory loss disorder.
Time: Fourth Wednesday of every month 10am - 11:30am
Place: Alzheimer's Association - 2500 N. Reynolds Rd., Toledo, OH 43615
Contact: Alzheimer's Association 419-537-1999
Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Hospice the Caring Way - Fulton/Wms, Rebecca
Short (419) 445-5128 or 1-800-637- 5371
Time: 3rd Tuesday, 1:00-2:30pm
Place: 7049 A. St. Rt. 66, Archbold, OH 43502
Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Cheryl Riggs, Dale Funeral Home, (419) 248-4254
Time: 3rd Thursday; 6:00pm.
Place: Friendship Baptist Church, Nebraska and Reynolds
Circle of Light:
Contact: Jim Gears, (419) 422-6679 or Judy Nikles (419) 423-9750
Time: Contact for date and time.
Place: Contact for location.
Bereavement Social Support Group.
Ecumenical Bereavement Seminar
Contact: Alice Eck (419) 729-4792
Time: Eight week seminar, call for times and dates
Place: St. John The Baptist, 5153 Summit St., Point Place
43611
Ecumenical Bereavement Support Group
Contact: Rita Hoff 419-381-1540 (419) 893-7178 or Susie Waible Rose (419)
874-7761
Time: 1st Tuesday, 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Place: St. Patrick's of Heatherdowns, 4201 Heatherdowns, Toledo,
OH (In the Emmaus Room)
Programs and bereavement support groups for those dealing with grief and
loss. Sponsored by churches of Maumee, Perrysburg, Southwest Toledo
and St. Luke's Hospital Pastoral Care.
Grief 101
ONE-TIME, TWO-HOUR SESSION -- Advance registration required
This is an educational prerequisite meeting that provides a basic understanding
of grief and loss and prepares participants for further group experiences.
Offered twice monthly, both day and evening. Call or visit our website
for dates, times and locations.
Grief and Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Lisa French, (419) 531-0440
Time: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 11am-12:30pm
Place: Olivet Lutheran Church, 4840 Monroe St., Sylvania
43560
Holiday Grief Workshop - Advanced registration required
Open to adults and children in grief who are facing the holidays and trying
to cope with loss.
• Sunday, December 7 from 2-4 pm at the Toledo Center.
Learning to Cope with Loss:
Contact: Lisa Pavley (419) 698-4301
Time: 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 3:00-4:00
pm
Place: James Wes Hancock Center, 5760 Bayshore, Oregon 43618
Mid-Life Loss
THIS IS AN ONGOING GROUP - Advance registration required
Open to any man or woman who has experienced the death of a partner or
spouse during their mid-life years.
• 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 6:30-8
pm at the Toledo Center.
Men in Grief
FOUR-WEEK GROUP - Advance registration required
Open to any man who is grieving, this group is conducted by men, for men
to discuss practical tips for managing everyday life following the death
of a loved one.
• Mondays, October 6-27 from 6-7:30 pm at the Toledo Center.
New Beginnings:
Contact: Sharon Dewar (419) 874-4076
Time: Meets once a month
Place:Varies
This is a social group giving people the opportunity to go out and have
dinner and conversation with others.
New Day: A Journey Through
Grief to Healing
Contact: Susie Waible-Rose (419) 874-7761 or St. Rose Parish
Office (419) 874-4559
Time: Contact for date --Wed--7:00-9:00pm
Place: St. Rose Church, 215 E. Front St., Perrysburg, OH 43551
This nine week group is held in the Fall and Spring for bereaved individuals
Pathways
EIGHT-WEEK GROUP - Advanced Registration Required
Open to all adults who want to explore the spiritual dimensions of the
loss of a loved one.
• Tuesday, October 7 - November 25 from 4-5:30 pm at
the Toledo Center..
St. Catherines Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Sue Speweik (419) 476-8289 or Katie Leyman (419)
476-3499
Time: 2nd Monday, 7:30pm
Place: 714 Gramercy Avenue, Toledo 43612
Grief, loss, and bereavement support group.
St. Clement Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Sue Alverson-Lenz (419) 475-4784
Time: 3rd Wednesday, 7:00pm
Place: St. Cements Jaeger Hall, 3030 Tremainsville Rd., Toledo
43613
Loss, grief, and bereavement support group. Non-denominational.
St. Pius X Bereavement Support Group:
Contact: Anne Etue (419) 535-7672
Time: 4th Monday, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Place: St. Pius X, Parish Center, 2929 Ilger Ave., Toledo 43606
Focus on adults grieving the loss of a spouse or adult child grieving
for loss of parent.
Today and Beyond - Ecumenical Bereavement Support
Group:
Contact: Terry McKown (419) 475-4348
Time: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:30-8:00pm and
4th Thursday of each month from 11:00-12:30 am
Place: Christ The King Church, 4100 Harvest Lane, Toledo 43623
The “Today and Beyond ecumenical bereavement support group” is celebrating
it’s 9th year of service to the community by expanding to include a daytime
program. The support group meets at Christ the King Church in the parish
center meeting room on the second Tuesday each month from 6:30 to 8:00
pm. The six facilitators agree that adding a day time meeting may be helpful
for many people that either work in the evening or are unable to travel
after dark. The newly formed group will meet from 11:00– to 12:30am on
the fourth Thursday. “Not only will the day light hours help those people
that don’t drive after dark, it will also offer another meeting time for
people who want to attend more than one meeting per month”, says Terry
McKown, the coordinator for the group. “Our same facilitators will guide
both groups but the topics will vary at each meeting”.
"Walk With Us"
Contact: Judy Hoeflinger (419) 691-9750
Time: Meetings held twice a month; 1st Thursday, 1-2:30 p.m.
and 3rd Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m.
Place: New Harvest Christian Church, 3540 Seaman Rd, Oregon (Next
to Oak Shade Grove)
"Walk With Us" is a free, area-wide, secular, adult, peer support group
for those who have suffered the death of a loved one.
Young Families in Grief
THIS IS AN ONGOING GROUP - Advance registration required
For younger adults (under 55) who have experienced the loss of a spouse
or partner; and their children - 5 to 13 years old -- who have lost a
parent, Adults will explore their grief and reflect on issues concerning
single parenting. Children will use art, music and play to better understand
their grief. Adults and children will also have family time to grieve
together.
- 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 6:30-8 pm at the Toledo Center.
The following 2 groups run simultaneously:
Spouse’s Group
Young widows and widowers reflect on the premature death of their
spouses and explore ways to develop healthy responses to their evolving
feelings of grief.
Little Tree Group 5–12 Year Olds
Concurrently running group for children who have experienced the
death of a parent. Art, music, and play will be used to help children share
their feelings and better understand their grief. Parents and children
do some activities together.
Contact: Hospice of Northwest Ohio Bereavement office
419-661-4001
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm the second and fourth Thursday of
each month.
Place: Hospice of Northwest Ohio Toledo Center, 800 S. Detroit
Avenue, Toledo, OH 43609
Free and open to any grieving family. You do not have to have a child to
attend this group.
Advanced Registration Required
