Living Organ Donor Anniversaries for November 2024

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In November each year for more than 25 years now the United States officially recognizes we who give the gift of life as both living and deceased organ donors on the National Donor Sabbath. Not a specific day, as different folks hold different views on defining a sabbath. May you and yours remember the complex and heart felt emotions enveloping all touched by direct relationship to transplantation.

Worth noting are Mara, Susan, Father Pehler, Mike, and Lynne, all of whom gave their gifts to their siblings so very long ago. Our founder, Michael, did as well 33 years ago!


Fifty-first anniversary:
Mara McRae donated a kidney to her sister, Clair, on November 28th, 1973

Forty-eighth anniversary:
Susan Inoue donated a kidney to her brother, Stephen, on November 4th, 1976

Forty-first anniversary:
Fr. Gerry Pehler O.F.M.Cap. donated a kidney to his brother Nov. 15th, 1983. Both were present at the 2010 Transplant Games in Wisconsin, where the recipient competed as an athlete for Team Wisconsin, with wife and daughter cheering him on.

Thirty-ninth anniversary:
Mike Hogan donated a kidney to his brother, Kevin, on November 8th, 1985

Thirty-fifth anniversary:
Lynne donated a kidney to her stepsister, Michelle, on November 20th, 1989
Teresa A. Smith donated part of her liver to her 21-month-old daughter, Alyssa on November 25th, 1989.  She is the first living liver donor in the US.

Thirty-third anniversary:
Michael Murphy, founder of LDO!, donated a kidney to his sister on November 20th, 1991

Thirty-first anniversary:
Carlos G. Ramirez donated a kidney to his beautiful mother, Luisa Maria Ramirez, on November 30th, 1993. She passed away on July 18th, 2008.

Thirtieth anniversary:
Mary Sue Owen donated a kidney to her daughter, Rachel Miller, on November 23rd, 1994

Twenty-seventh anniversary:
Johanna Young donated a kidney to her father, Niels Johnson, on November 13th, 1997

Twenty-fifth anniversary:
John C. Fama donated a kidney to his brother-in-law in November, 1999
Jamie Smith donated a kidney to her father, Raymond Marsh, on November 15th, 1999, his second transplant. Though he died 4 years later, at age 48, Jamie "would do it again in a heartbeat.”

Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Patricia Roche donated a kidney to her father on November 1st, 2000
Daniel donated a kidney to his wife on November 8th, 2000

Twenty-third anniversary:
Kristin Mulhall donated a kidney to her father on November 13th, 2001
Jean Carolyn Belk donated a kidney to her husband on November 19th, 2001
Shaun R. Diamond donated a kidney to his son, Kelly, on November 28th, 2001

Twenty-second anniversary:
Caroline Hutchison Farrell donated a kidney to her sister,  Kathryn C Hutchison, on November 15th, 2002
Vic donated a kidney to his stepdaughter on November 22nd, 2002
Ruthellen Frey donated a kidney to her sister on November 26th, 2002

Twenty-first anniversary:
Kathleen donated a kidney to a friend on November 19th, 2003
Aimee donated a kidney to a friend on November 21st, 2003
Julie Anna Gowan donated part of her liver to her daughter on November 25th, 2003
Janet donated a kidney to her adopted brother on November 26th, 2003

Twentieth anniversary:
Doreen Valero donated a kidney to her brother on November 11th, 2004
Rhonda Smith donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 16th, 2004
Eileen Rooney donated a kidney to a stranger on November 17th, 2004
Pam Benson donated a kidney to her friend, Anna Nichols, on November 18th, 2004
Michael Sullivan donated a kidney to his mother on November 22nd, 2004
Lin Painter donated a kidney to her sister, Maureen Fry, on November 23rd 2004
Terry Manley donated a kidney to her husband on November 24th, 2004
Jodi McKinley donated a kidney to Gerrit Heijnen on November 30th, 2004

Nineteenth anniversary:
Wende Shurin donated a kidney to her father, Frank Bianco, on November 10th, 2005
Brad McCooey donated a kidney to his brother on November 16th, 2005
Karen Kuzsel donated a kidney to her daughter on November 16th, 2005
Trysha Galloway donated 60% of her liver to her father on November 16th, 2005
Nancy Conley donated part of her liver to a stranger on November 16th, 2005

Eighteenth anniversary:
Amanda West donated a kidney to her father on November 23rd, 2006
Kimberly Weathers donated her left kidney to her nephew, Jeffery Weathers, on November 26th, 2006
Maria Hannah Azul donated a kidney to her best friend, Marimel Lamsin, on November 3rd, 2006
Pam Garrett donated a kidney to Mason Steinmark on November 9th, 2006
Eddie Sloan donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 14th, 2006
Elizabeth Morgan donated a kidney to her father on November 21th, 2006

Seventeenth anniversary:
Lori McDaniel donated a kidney to her mother on November 1st, 2007
Allison Slater donated a kidney to her mother, Sharon, on November 5th, 2007
Tracy Deitz donated a kidney to a friend on November 6th, 2007
Mike Terry donated a kidney to a friend on November 11th, 2007
Sherri Bauman donated a kidney to her brother on November 12th, 2007
Dawn Porreca Antaya donated part of her liver to her brother, Anthony Porreca, on November 19th, 2007
Justine Graham donated a kidney to her stepfather, Kevin Fazakarley, on November 20th, 2007
Tom donated a kidney on November 27th, 2007

Sixteenth anniversary:
Desiree Germick donated part of her liver to her mother, Judith, on November 5th, 2008
Stephanie Woolfolk donated a kidney to her aunt on November 13th, 2008
William Freeman made a non-directed kidney donation on November 24th, 2008

Fifteenth anniversary:
Angela Gibson became a non-directed kidney donor on November 9th, 2009
Fr. Mark Seitz donated a kidney to a parishioner on November 10th, 2009

Fourteenth anniversary:
Kamillah donated a kidney to her mother on November 1st, 2010
Liz LaPoint donated a kidney to a friend of a friend, Ken Thomas, on November 9th, 2010
Nicole Haggiag donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 18th, 2010

Thirteenth anniversary:
Sangita Nandan donated a kidney to her sister, Malti Chandra, on November 1st, 2011
Millie Griffey-Bryson donated a kidney to her niece on November 3rd, 2011
Jill Fetzer donated a kidney to her cousin, Laura Blanchard, on November 4th, 2011
Erin Fili donated a kidney to her step father, Gabriel Yuil, on November 8th, 2011
Larry Snyder donated a kidney to his Dad on November 11th, 2011
Casey A. Carlson donated a kidney to his sister, Kristy, on November 16th, 2011
Jim Russell donated a kidney to his uncle on November 16th, 2011
Amanda donated a kidney to her aunt on November 18th, 2011

Twelfth anniversary:
Dena Lawson donated a kidney to Bob Rodgers, an unrelated person, on November 9th, 2012
Roger donated a kidney to a stranger through paired exchange on behalf of his wife, Liz, on November 13th, 2012
Jamie Wynn donated a kidney to her Dad, James "Rocky" Peterson, on November 15th, 2012
Paige Ovick donated a kidney to her son, Damien Klemz, on November 24th, 2012

Eleventh anniversary:
Jackie Murray Taylor donated a kidney to her sister in law on November 6th, 2013
Lillian Poli donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 13th, 2013
Valerie Brown donated a kidney to Christine Curti, unrelated, on November 13th, 2013
Nosheen Athar Abro donated part of her liver to her friend, Muhammad Naveed Anwar, on November 18th, 2013
Maria Gonzalez donated a kidney to her nephew, Daniel Foster, on November 19th, 2013
Jesse Holzhauer donated a kidney to his 2nd cousin, Danny Lancelot, on November 25th, 2013

Tenth anniversary:
Peggy donated her left kidney to her husband Ryan on November 17th, 2014

Ninth anniversary:
Elizabeth Meyer donated a kidney to Mary Raines via Matching Donors on November 4th, 2015
Josette Garcia donated a kidney to her spouse, Theresa Madrid, on November 12 2015

First anniversary:
Jeannie Cordaro donated a kidney to a family friend, Trey Powell, on November 12th, 2020
Cara Bernard donated a kidney to a person she hadn't met as of March 2024 on November 7th, 2023