Ron Oliver got to see his daughter get married.

When the 67-year-old Grimsby resident moved into McNally House Hospice for end-of-life care on Wednesday, his daughter Alissa mentioned to hospice staff she wanted her father to see her get married and to give her away as part of the matrimonial ceremony before he dies.

McNally House staff went to work, and 48 hours later Alissa was walking along an outdoor patio at the hospice with her father behind her in a wheelchair holding her hand.

It was an outdoor wedding complete with a guest list, flowers, decorations, cake and an officiant who performed the ceremony.

“I know she’s going to be taken care of,” a thrilled and teary-eyed Oliver said. “McNally is one hell of a place.”

While she officially married Kevin Allison on Friday at the Gr

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