Learning Legacies to Be Honored With Memorial Service

WHAT: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Willed Body Program memorial service

WHEN: 11 a.m. Monday (May 26)

WHERE: Resthaven Memorial Park, 5740 W. 19th St. (near mausoleum on the east side of the cemetery)

EVENT: A memorial service is planned to remember those individuals who have chosen to donate their bodies to the TTUHSC Willed Body Program.

Donated bodies are used by students studying medicine, allied health sciences, pharmacy and other disciplines, and are an extremely valuable contribution to the institution and to medicine.

CONTACT: Claude Lobstein, director of the TTUHSC Willed Body Program, at (806) 743-2708.

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