Weirton resident Jane Kraina, who has lost two brothers to suicide, is the quilt organizer for West Virginia. She is collecting pictures of loved ones to display as a memorial on her next quilt. The deceased person does not have to be from West Virginia, or have died in the state. The quilt will travel to the nation's capital and other cities at suicide prevention events. The West Virginia quilt has been to Reno, Nev., for a conference on suicide prevention and to Washington, D.C., for Suicide Advocacy Prevention Network's Suicide Prevention Awareness Event and locally to a depression workshop put on by an area club.
Suicide leaves survivors in shock.
They often endure feelings of guilt that haunt them for years. Suicide often takes bright young people who appear to have promising futures. Return to the listing of articles of April 23, 2000. Up in the Air Vanishing Mines Vietnam Visions 2000 Welfare to Work West Run Expressway Truck Crushes SUV on University Ave. Click here to read the legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.