A Lasting Legacy

Exceptional Care Inspires Gift of a Whittier Home

PIH Health Foundation Donor, Luis Hermo and his brother Alfonso

PIH Health Foundation is so grateful to the Hermo family for their thoughtful planning and generosity.

Gifts of generosity can take all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they’re even as big as a house.

In fact, Luis “Lou” Hermo honored his late brother and sister-in-law, Alfonso and Maria “Madi” Hermo, by upholding a wish to gift their beloved family home in Whittier to PIH Health Foundation.

Alfonso was only eight when his parents and younger brother Lou immigrated from Spain in 1939. Alfonso became an attorney and later served as a Whittier Municipal Court judge. During embassy duty in Mexico as a US Army Officer, Alfonso met Madi Algorri, a practicing physician whose family also immigrated from Spain. They got married and bought a house in Whittier, where they lived for 40 years.

Through the years, both Alfonso and Madi were patients at PIH Health Whittier Hospital. During Madi’s last few years, she received exceptional care and compassion at the hospital—an experience that left a lasting impression.

After Madi died in 2011, Alfonso and Lou both agreed that the Whittier home would ultimately be left to PIH Health Foundation as a gift of gratitude for the excellent care Madi received there. When Alfonso passed away four years later, Lou inherited the house.

Honoring his brother and sister-in-law’s wishes, Lou reached out to PIH Health Foundation and was pleased to learn that complimentary estate planning services were available through Bob Hoffman at Thompson & Associates. With Bob’s guidance, Lou was able to finalize the plans with his attorney. When Lou passed away in November 2022, the home transferred to PIH Health Foundation.

“There are a variety of ways people can leave a home as part of their estate,” said Nicole Jackson, Director, Major and Planned Gifts. “One way is to commit the gift during your lifetime and still reserve the right to live in the home. This gives you the privilege of living there, while receiving the joy of seeing where your gift is going during your lifetime.”

PIH Health Foundation is so grateful to the Hermo family for their thoughtful planning and generosity.

To learn more about unique ways to give assets to PIH Health Foundation or Thompson and Associates services offered through PIH Health Foundation, visit PIHHealth.org/Foundation