MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENT Jessa Hoffman chats with Lorraine Combes, left, and Jean St. Cyr at Project Independence last week in Middlebury. Hoffman volunteers her time at the Middlebury facility and is taking a January term class on hospice and end-of-life care.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
MIDDLEBURY — For Middlebury College senior Jenny Djupedal, the dying process has always been a bit of a mystery.
“My grandma passed away when I was still in high school and she was on hospice when she died,” Djupedal said. “That was a really scary experience for me because I had never seen anybody die before.”
Djupedal is one of few young 20-somethings who has experienced death, and hospice, first-hand.
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