Names of loved ones who have passed on were read one by one Thursday night during the Holiday Tree of Memories ceremony in the Tribute Garden at Geary Community Hospital.

The ceremony was sponsored by the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation and the Geary Community Hospital Hospice and Home Health Care.

Jolana Montgomery-Matney, Healthcare Foundation Executive Director explained that the purpose of the ceremony is to remember,”clients, friends, and family members that have left us.”

“So it is only fitting that this tribute garden provide a place of solitude, a place of remembrance, a place to honor the memory of those whose names are inscribed here, and those whose names we read tonight. Those people who live on in our hearts,” said Montgomery-Matney.

Names of loved ones who had passed on were submitted for the ceremony, and then read aloud by Terri Wahle and Chuck Otte. Jill Nelson sang Silent Night.

The Holiday Tree of Memories Ceremony is held annually.