Center helps families deal with issues of death

Lyndsay Leonelli wrote a wonderful story today for the San Diego Union-Tribune on the Bereavement Center at the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. The center is a tremendous example of an essential county service that too often goes unnoticed. The article points out that the center was a recipient of a 2009 NACo Achievement Award. As the article says, the center's chaplain, Joe Davis, worked with the Medical Examiner’s Office to create the Bereavement Center in 2006 and is one of only five like it in the nation. Unfortunately, sad and tragic events happen in life. But in San Diego County, there's extra assistance available to help families cope with heartache.