ASHLAND — A softball game between Ashland police and fire personnel, originally slated for Sept. 3, has been rescheduled.
The fundraiser matchup will be played at 1 p.m. on Oct. 16 at Brookside Park, Field 1.
Funds raised there will benefit fire Capt. Mark Miller’s wife and family following a breast cancer diagnosis nearly one year ago.
The game was canceled last month following the death of Chaplain Reid Firestone’s wife, Teresa.
The family planned memorial services for the same day as the softball matchup, so organizers decided to postpone it so personnel could attend the services.
Mary Miller was diagnosed with breast cancer on Nov. 20. She began rounds of chemotherapy in January, which lasted 20 weeks, said Mark Miller in an email.
“After chemotherapy she had a partial mastectomy with complications from an infection. It took a week in the hospital to treat the infection and she ended up having two more surgeries to deal with the wound,” he said.
His wife then went through 15 rounds of radiation treatment, finishing on Aug. 18, he said. And she will receive infusions of Herceptin, a chemotherapy drug, every three weeks through the end of the year.
“It’s been a lengthy process but she’s had a great team at Taussig Cancer Center at the Cleveland Clinic,” he said.
Miller said Mary has been doing well and that she returned to work at OhioHealth Heart and Vascular as a registered nurse.
“She’s been able to add some cycling back into her routine, too. ” he said.
