Breast Cancer Awareness

In 1974 Janice Rae Beesley Hartvigsen was diagnosis with breast cancer. She fought for 9 years but in 1983 she passed away leaving her 6 children (the youngest was 13 years old) and her 2 young grandchildren. In 2007 the Janice Beesley Hartvigsen Breast care center was opened. This state of the art breast cancer treatment center is committed to helping all women regardless of their economic situations.

The center sponsored a breakfast this October for Breast Cancer awareness month. Janice’s brother Brent Beesley, spoke on behalf of his sister. Breast Cancer specialist Dr Brett Parkinson also spoke and urged all women over 40 to get a mammogram. And Breast Cancer survivor Sherie Dew shared her Breast Cancer survival story. Two special guests were introduced, both were survivors but their stories were unique, one woman was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 98 and the other was diagnosed at age 24.


Many of Janice’s family members were in attendance at the breakfast, including a cousin and a niece that survived breast cancer and her granddaughter Janice Rae Hartvigsen. The Murray High School football team handed pink roses to all the ladies after the breakfast and played their football game in pink jerseys that night.