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Larry and Diane Wood met in the small town of Lowville, NY near Watertown, and knew from an early age they were going to get married someday.  On September 15th, 1984 that day finally came and they celebrated with friends and family in the church they grew up in.  A couple years into their marriage,...
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Today, the exist four buildings on the Kevin Guest House campus, the main house that started it all by Cyril & Claudia Garvey at 782 Ellicott, the brick building at 788 Ellicott & original garage at 788.5 Ellicott were renovated in the 90s and the recent acquisition and renovation at 766 Ellicott that was named...
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Kevin Garvey was nicknamed “heart,” given after a family vacation because of his kindhearted nature. His mother Claudia said, “in the eighteen months that Kevin lived with his illness, that finally conquered even his stout heart, he served constantly as a model and an example for all of us.” Reflecting on the past 50 years,...
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Dr. Ingraham & Dr. Murphy, 1971 The independent house that started a world-wide movement 50 years ago… Did you know that Kevin Guest House is the first independent hospital hospitality house in the country? It started when the Garvey’s arrived at the nations first comprehensive cancer center, Roswell Park Memorial Institute in July 1970. The...
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Richard and Ann Beer try to visit Kevin Guest House each year, delivering every day items to our patients & families to enjoy and stopped by our 50th Anniversary Celebration and exchanged stories with the Garvey siblings & reminisce about how the original house used to look. As we gave a tour of the some...
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Kevin Joseph Garvey, our namesake, was born June 5, 1958 to Cyril & Claudia Garvey of Sharon, Pennsylvania and was the seventh of eight children. This portrait of Kevin hangs in our offices at the main house and greets every guest who enters our doors. His siblings include, Mary, John, Tom, Denis, Annette, Hugh and...
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The original main house that was to become Kevin Guest House stands at 782 Ellicott Street in Buffalo NY and was original constructed in 1869. The land was deeded to a Jacob Fisher and in 1904 the Speyser family purchased the Victorian era home which stayed in the family until sold to the Garvey’s in...
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