March and April 2024 Living Organ Donor Anniversaries

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March and April 2024 Living Organ Donor Anniversaries

With World Kidney Day annually on March 14th, and April being National Donate Life month, more than usual attention to the needs of so many patients are in the news. We have responded personally to ameliorate the suffering of so many in need of transplants. Rosemarie 47 years ago! Christine, Stacey, and Daniel 25 years ago! Luis and Becky 10 years ago! Bravo to all for doing so much on behalf of another. Condolences to those of us still grieving, or suffering personally, still. Best wishes, all!

Forty-seventh anniversary:
Rosemarie Gower Kelley's older sister donated a kidney to her on March 17th, 1977

Thirty-eighth anniversary:
Grace donated a kidney to her daughter on March 17th, 1986

Thirty-seventh anniversary:
Andrew Drukker donated a kidney to his sister, Sue, on April 10th, 1987

Thirty-fifth anniversary:
Mychelle Rucker donated a kidney to her brother on March 9th, 1989

Thirty-fourth anniversary:
Chris Tomola donated a kidney to his brother on April 25th, 1990

Thirty-second anniversary:
Tony Fagan donated a kidney to his sister on April 8th, 1992
James D. Breyer donated a kidney to his sister, Susan K. Starcher, on April 22nd, 1992

Thirty-first anniversary:
Ronald E. Harper donated a kidney to his spouse, Barbara J. Harper, on March 23rd, 1993. "Kidney survived 18 years.”

Twenty-eighth anniversary:
John donated a kidney to his friend Anne on March 11th, 1996
Michalene J Dischinger donated a kidney to his sister, Judith Cleveland, on April 3rd, 1996

Twenty-seventh anniversary:
Dan donated a kidney to his daughter on April 4th, 1997
Barbara Day donated a kidney to her husband on April 9th, 1997
Christine Rowe donated a kidney to her nephew on April 10th, 1997

Twenty-sixth anniversary:
Gina Thor donated a kidney to her brother on March 3rd, 1998
Maxine Tierney donated a kidney to her sister, Hunter Mahon, on March 17th, 1998

Twenty-fifth anniversary:
Christine Hayes donated a kidney to her friend, Naomi Pollard, on March 18th, 1999
Stacey donated a kidney to her aunt, Cheryl, on April 1st, 1999
Daniel Lasater donated part of his liver to his sister on April 7th, 1999

Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Susan Molloy donated a kidney to her husband, James, on March 13th, 2000
Brent Jensen donated a kidney to his wife on April 6th, 2000
Rachel Bennett donated a kidney to her sister on April 27th, 2000

Twenty-third anniversary:
Marco Regnier donated a kidney to his cousin on April 11th, 2001
Kimberly Tracy donated a kidney to her nephew on April 12th, 2001
Lisa Clare donated a kidney to her cousin on April 23rd, 2001

Twenty-second anniversary:
Jeff Sears donated a kidney to his mother on March 2nd, 2002
Michelle Desler donated a kidney to her brother on April 2nd, 2002
Duchess Freeman donated a kidney to her husband on April 4th, 2002
Carol Bullard donated part of her liver to her sister on April 8th, 2002

Twenty-first anniversary:
Rebecca Miller donated a kidney to her father, Bob, on March 11th, 2003
Patricia DiClemente donated a kidney to a stranger on March 14th, 2003
Shandy Wheaton donated a kidney to her mom, Shirley Wheaton on March 24th, 2003
Patrick McGuire donated a kidney to his wife on March 26th, 2003
Michael Weil donated a kidney to his nephew on April 1st, 2003
Timothy A. Kimbirk donated a kidney to his son, Timothy B. Kimbirk, on April 16th, 2003
Father Jim Falsey donated a kidney to a stranger on April 21st, 2003
Dolores Barquera donated a kidney to her daughter on April 24th, 2003
Angela Rennick donated a kidney to her uncle on April 25th, 2003
Michele Walker donated a kidney to her son on April 30th, 2003

Twentieth anniversary:
Margaret Earnest donated a kidney to her husband on March 4th, 2004
Kay Rapien donated a kidney to her brother-in-law on March 9th, 2004
Marva Gresham donated a kidney to an unrelated person found on LDO! (since deceased) on March 25th, 2004
Jason Clipston donated a kidney to his brother on March 29th, 2004
Selena Hall donated a kidney to a friend on March 30th, 2004
Hillary Greene donated lung tissue to an unrelated person on April 7th, 2004
Howard Meyerson donated two lung lobes to his sister on April 7th, 2004
Jeani Vance donated a kidney to her sister on April 16th, 2004

Nineteenth anniversary:
Sally Reif donated a kidney to Shar Senor Carlyle on March 2nd, 2005
Michelle Makedon donated a kidney to her father, Paul Makedon, on March 8th, 2005
Erick Gray donated a kidney to his father on March 22nd, 2005
Kelly Stout donated a kidney to a co-worker on March 22nd, 2005
Melissa Breen donated part of her liver to her father on April 5th, 2005

Eighteenth anniversary:
Virginia Postrel donated a kidney to a friend, Sally Satel, on March 4th, 2006
Donna donated a kidney to her husband on March 14th, 2006
Linda Busby donated a kidney to her brother on March 24th, 2006
Anthony Hart donated a kidney to his niece on March 29th, 2006
Carrie Schwaderer donated a kidney to the son of a customer on March 29th, 2006
Diane donated a kidney to a stranger on April 6th, 2006
Fernando Torre donated a kidney to his wife on April 26th, 2006
Lisa K. donated a kidney to her brother on April 27th, 2006

Seventeenth anniversary:
Christy Lindell donated a kidney to her sister on March 5th, 2007
Holly Harrington donated a kidney to her sister on March 5th, 2007
RaChelle Wilkinson (Shell) donated a kidney to her friend, Sandra, on March 20th, 2007
Kelly Anne Astle donated a kidney to her father on March 22nd, 2007
Sunil Joseph donated a kidney to his brother on March 29th, 2007.  His brother died seven days later, on Good Friday.
Patty Mack donated a kidney to her brother on April 12th, 2007
Peter G donated a kidney to his father on April 12th, 2007
Alexandria Holmes donated a kidney to a friend's mother on April 18th, 2007
Tom Simon donated a kidney to a stranger on April 19th, 2007
Jenny Bokeno donated a kidney to her brother, Darin, on April 23rd, 2007

Sixteenth anniversary:
Mindy-J Wise donated a kidney on March 3rd, 2008
Barbara Coleman donated a kidney to Alyssa, a 19 year old family friend, on March 6th, 2008
Michael von Wahlde donated a kidney to his mother, Carol, on March 10th, 2008
Denora Carpenter donated a kidney to a friend on March 19th, 2008
Anna Kidd donated a kidney to Jody on March 26th, 2008
David Schneider donated a kidney to his stepfather on March 27th, 2008
Brooke Bowen donated a kidney to her cousin on April 16th, 2008

Fifteenth anniversary:
James Roach III donated a kidney to his wife's cousin, Joe, on March 9th, 2009
Julie Sullivan donated a kidney to her brother, Clint, on March 31st, 2009
Kristen McLoughlin donated a kidney to a stranger, Cynthia Jacobson, now a friend, on April 15th, 2009
Veronica Rivas donated a kidney to her mother, Esperanza Alcauter, on April 23rd, 2009

Fourteenth anniversary:
Lisa Marie Kull donated a kidney to her friend, Heather Tucker, on March 5th, 2010
Erica Rodriguez donated a kidney to her brother, Anthony, on March 18th, 2010
Cindy Wittmier donated a kidney to her best friend, Gloria Thiessen, on March 23rd, 2010
Christine Lerchen donated a kidney to her Dad on March 24th, 2010
Scot Sandhoefner made a non-directed kidney donation on March 26th, 2010
Bonnie Goldberg donated a kidney to an unrelated person on March 30th, 2010
Sabrina St-Hilaire donated a kidney to her uncle, Luc, on April 20th, 2010
Patricia Ahearn donated a kidney through a NEPKE 4 way swap to benefit her husband on April 26th, 2010
Dr. Ekta Singh donated a kidney to Rajkumar, her father-in-law, on April 28th, 2010

Thirteenth anniversary:
Shari Newman donated a kidney to her older sister, Dawn Ahrens, on March 8th, 2011
Janice Dodge donated a kidney to her niece, Jennifer Verhoeven, on March 10th, 2011
Donna Holmes donated a kidney to her husband, Steve, on March 11th, 2011
Steve Windle donated a kidney to his brother, Tom, on March 15th, 2011
Amy Donohue donated a kidney to Anu (Tiny Mom) Dwivedi on April 19th, 2011

Twelfth anniversary:
Michael Eckman donated a kidney to his brother, Mark, on March 9th, 2012
Emilie donated a kidney to a friend on March 26th, 2012
Alyssa Stubblefield donated a kidney to Kristi, an unrelated person, on March 27th, 2012
Suzanne Frye donated a kidney to her mother, Barb, on March 27th, 2012
Jody Phipps donated a kidney to her cousin, Doug Henning, on March 29th, 2012
Johnny donated in a National Kidney Registry chain to benefit his girlfriend on April 3rd, 2012
Ray Mueller made a non-directed kidney donation April 3rd, 2012, through the National Kidney Registry
Terry McClelland donated a kidney to her sister-in-law on April 3rd, 2012
Michael Green donated a kidney to his friend, Trudy Thompson-Larkins, on April 6th, 2012
Jacqui donated a kidney to her brother on April 19th, 2012
Kris Madden donated a kidney to her cousin on April 19th, 2012
Shelly Pattinson donated a kidney to her brother, Curtis Phillips, on April 19th, 2012
Suzie donated a kidney to her friend, Kevin, on April 19th, 2012
Janice Gildow made a non-directed kidney donation on April 20th, 2012
Stephanie donated a kidney to her Dad on April 24th, 2012. Unfortunately, despite her gift working well, he passed away a month later.
Barbara Altizer donated a kidney to her friend, Nicole Hickey, on April 26th, 2012

Eleventh anniversary:
Elizabeth Castillo donated a kidney to her brother, Alex De La Torre, on March 15th, 2013
Chad Snodgrass donated a kidney to his friend, Joe Brown, on March 25th, 2013
Tammy Grindle donated a kidney to her friend, Warren Conary, on March 26th, 2013
Don Kraemer donated a kidney to a Canadian paired exchange on behalf of his wife, Lori, on April 3rd, 2013
Kevin Bernheisel donated a kidney to William Johnson, his sister's father-in-law, on April 4th, 2013
Laura Davis donated a kidney to her co-worker, Jenny DeLorenzo, on April 4th, 2013
Ashlee Edwards donated a kidney to her cousin on April 10th, 2013
Trudi Fenzel donated a kidney to her sister-in-law on April 11, 2013
Ayushi Datta donated a kidney to her mother, Anuradha, on April 15th, 2013
Ruth Crouch Watson donated a kidney to her 17 year old niece on April 15th, 2013
Jennifer Williams donated a kidney to her Dad, Leon, on April 16th, 2013
Anni Hanson donated a kidney to her friend, Eric Frahm, on April 23rd, 2013
Joseph Hoofnagle donated a kidney to his father, Martin, on March 29th, 2013. Martin passed away one and a half years later.

Tenth anniversary:
Luis Carlos Roblejo donated a kidney to his pastor, Fr. Philip Fabiano, on April 7th, 2014
Becky Cox donated a kidney to her brother, BJ Benton, on April 11th, 2014

Ninth anniversary:
Jim Mullins donated part of his liver to his brother, Tim, on March 9th, 2015
Christine Brock donated a kidney in a paired exchange to benefit her best friend's father on March 26th, 2015

Fourth anniversary:
Terri Herrington donated her left kidney to Jeffrey Granger, already a kidney-pancreas recipient of Terri's since deceased husband, on March 3rd, 2020. Jeffrey received 2 more years from Terri.