Your Stories

Carol Molyneux was born in Wavertree in 1944 and grew up with her mum, two brothers and a sister. She married her husband Randolph almost 60 years ago in 1966 and they lived in Kirby and then Bootle with their two children, Neil and Donna. They have two grandchildren, Kieran and Ellie, and a great granddaughter, Matilda. We recently caught up with Kieran who has kindly shared their story...

Family was the centre of Cathie’s world and she was blessed to have a large, close family who enjoyed celebrating every occasion together. Cathie’s husband David and her daughter Jasmine have been talking to us about Cathie’s life and the time she spent here at the hospice...

Peter Halligan was a patient at St. Joseph’s Hospice for a staggering 34 years, from 1982 until he passed away in 2016. Peter’s brother and sister-in-law, Stephen and Sharon Halligan, wanted to share Peter’s story to mark the hospice's 50th anniversary, in tribute to Peter, his brother Billy, and their parents, Ben and Irene, as well as to Father O’Leary who transformed their lives after such a devastating accident...

Joseph Quinn was born in 1951 and grew up on Empress Road in Kensington with his mum, dad and five siblings. He lived on the same road for almost 70 years. He was a carpenter by trade and spent his life working in the building industry. We sat down with Joseph’s son, Chris, and daughter, Daisy, to talk about Joseph’s life and their family’s experience of the hospice...

Michael was born in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool in 1944. He was the youngest of five children, with three sisters and one brother. They all lived together with their parents in a small terraced house with no hot water or inside toilet. We sat down with Michael’s nephew, Peter Hall, who has kindly shared Michael’s story...

The Whitaker family have been supporters of St. Joseph’s Hospice for many years and so when Stanley needed end of life care, his son David was keen to move him to the hospice where they could spend more time with him in a comfortable environment, closer to their home. David has kindly agreed to share his father’s story and their experience of the hospice...

Betty Boyd was born in Wales but spent her childhood and later years in Seaforth. Betty's nephew Gary and his wife Alison have kindly agreed to share Betty's story and her experience of the care she received at St. Joseph's Hospice.

Doreen Woods, from Kirby, was part of our hospice family for just over 10 months until she passed away peacefully in March 2020. We were privileged to spend so much time with her, her husband Eric and their children Lorraine, Denise, Martin, Carmel and Nicola, who has kindly offered to share their story as a tribute to her mum....read Nicola's story.