Regarding the future, John Moses, YSS executive director, said, “I think that this opportunity for Youth Services System to continue the work of Pat and the mission of Lazarus House was bound to happen.” There was always another (person) needing to come,” Rohrig said. “We were never empty we were always full. As need grew, a second residence for men, Lazarus House II, was opened. Later, Rohrig said, Condron used his inheritance from his mother’s estate to establish Mary and Martha House for women in recovery. In 2006, the program for men moved to its current location in East Wheeling and changed its name to Lazarus House. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where Condron was then pastor. With those funds, Spirit House was opened in a former convent at St. She and her husband, the late Bill Rohrig, received the proceeds from their son’s life insurance in 2000 and gave the money to Condron, who wanted to open a home for recovering individuals. Recalling the genesis of the program, Rohrig said her son, Mark, was in “a very drunken state and very deep depression” when he died after a fall in September 1999. It lasted these 16 years and it has been so well becaue he (Condron) gave his heart and soul to it. Wheeling resident Shelley Rohrig, who has been involved in Lazarus House since its inception, said, “In 16 years, we have helped more than 400 people in our homes. They are leading law-abiding, productive lives, and that is because of Lazarus House. Jividen said, “Every single one of them has graduated and had charges dismissed.