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 1914 - 1987 (73 years)
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| Name |
Jesse Heilman |
| Born |
13 Jan 1914 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
31 Dec 1987 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Notes |
- Washington Post, The (DC) - January 4, 1988
Deceased Name: JESSE HEILMAN
73, retired owner of a Washington liquor store who received a humanitarian award in 1956 for donating a kidney to his twin brother, died Dec. 31 at the Washington Hospital Center of complications following heart surgery. He lived in Washington.
Mr. Heilman was born in Washington and graduated from Eastern High School. He attended George Washington University. He opened the Kennedy Liquor Store in about 1939 and retired in 1964. In later years, he was in the real estate development business.
In 1956 Mr. Heilman donated a kidney to his twin brother, Louis, in what was said to have been the second time in medical history that a kidney had been successfully transplanted. His brother died in 1964.
As a result of the operation, Mr. Heilman was selected in 1957 to receive the Chaplain Alexander D. Good Humanitarianism Award by Post No. 386 of the Jewish War Veterans.
He was a member of the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, the Amity Club of Washington and the Indian Spring Country Club.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Norma, of Washington; one son, Richard A. Heilman of Potomac; one brother, Dr. Charles Heilman of Chevy Chase, and two grandchildren.
Washington Post, The (DC)
Date: January 4, 1988
Edition: FINAL
Page: d4
Record Number: 104186
Copyright (c) 1988 The Washington Post
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I2347 |
Himelfarb Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2008 |
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