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Charity Afton Yorgason was born on August 30th, 1988,in American Fork, Utah. Charity was adopted by Blaine M. and Kathy W. Yorgason. She passed away after a long illness, on June 26th, 1996.
- American Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA
- August 30, 1988
Jun 29, 1996 · Our beloved Tattered Angel Charity returned to her heavenly home on June 26, 1996. Born August 30, 1988, Charity came with less than almost any other mortal. Yet her desire was to serve, and so within hours she began giving of her heart, her very soul, to all who came near.
The Foundation was founded by Blaine and Kathy Yorgason in memory of their adopted daughter, Charity Afton Yorgason (1988--1996). Charity was born with the complete absence of a cortex--the two upper hemispheres of the brain. This left her with only spinal fluid where her brain should have been.
Jul 2, 1996 · Charity Afton Yorgason's funeral service had to wait a half hour to accommodate the line of people that stretched out the door of the Riverton Summerhill LDS Stake Center on Monday. Hundreds of people came to say goodbye to the little girl who never talked.
Charity Afton Yorgason was born on 30 August 1988, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. She died on 26 June 1996, in her hometown, at the age of 7, and was buried in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
Jan 1, 1995 · Charity Afton Yorgason was born without a brain. She had a brain stem, which operated her autonomic nervous system and allowed her lungs and heart to work. But, her foster parents were told, she would never use any of her senses, never experience joy or love, never feel pain or any other physical sensation.
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- Blaine M Yorgason
Jan 1, 2003 · Born with hydraencephaly -- only a brain stem and cerebrospinal fluid -- Charity changed the lives of their entire family. Blaine Yorgason describes the immense difficulties and even greater joys of raising Charity along with their six children.
