Words to ease the pain

JENNIFER MATHIS

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Tim Stephanos, a social worker with Mercy Hospice, plays the guitar as he visits with Joel Troot at his Roseburg apartmetn Friday.

MICHELLE ALAIMO / N-R staff photo

One of the worst parts of losing her son, Ann Stults said, was when people she knew would cross the street rather than talk to her.

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