October 2026 Living Donor Anniversaries!

[Clark]

https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/

The leaves are turning from green to many colors and falling more rapidly each day. We here at LDO have marked the passing of time with monthly acknowledgement of those experiencing anniversaries of our attempts to have a positive impact on another's life. 

We wonder how Andrew and his sister, Carol, are doing 50 years on, and so many more family members expressing loving relationships, and Jack, 27 years ago, among the earliest unrelated donors, and Stephanie, 23 years ago, among the first non-directed donors. We remember and hope for heart's ease for Rebecca, 16 years ago among the few we know of with a tragic outcome. We wonder about the 14 year old Erin tried to help all unknown to her at the time seven years ago as she perhaps turns 21 this year. Best wishes, as we all mark another years' passing.

Sadly, we're winding down LDO next year. While we may accept new additions to our calendar, and we'll post anniversaries monthly until the site shuts down, we can't guarantee we'll be sharing new anniversaries before we close down.

If you feel you are passionate enough, fair enough, and kind enough to take this labor of love on, please reach out to us. The rate of original post creation, the number of individual humans doing page views, the number of donors adding their anniversaries to our calendar all suggest the time for advocacy via independent, non-governmental, non-medical website by volunteers is past. If you disagree and want the job, we're open to helping you succeed. We'll miss this resource, but Michael's been at it for 26 years, I've been helping him for 23 years, and relying on his work and talking with a Donor Buddy two years before posting and becoming a moderator, and Karol, our non-donor recipient's Mom posted for years before becoming a moderator 15 years ago? More? 

It's time for new folks or time to fold the tent. Please get in touch if you have the fire inside to make it live on. Thank you all!

Fiftieth anniversary:
Andrew Janollari donated a kidney to his sister, Carol, on October 12th, 1976

Thirty-seventh anniversary:
Tyrone Hyslop donated part of his liver to his sister on October 18th, 1989

Thirty-sixth anniversary:
Dannielle Hayes donated a kidney to her mother on October 9th, 1990

Thirtieth anniversary:
Lisa Moore donated a kidney to her sister on October 17th, 1996
Leslie Moore Boyd donated a kidney to her father, Charles, on October 31st, 1996. He lived three more years, during which he welcomed his last grandchild into this world.

Twenty-eighth anniversary:
Robert S. Burroughs donated a kidney to his sister on October 10th, 1998
Charlotte Singletary donated a kidney to her sister, Cindy Murdock, on October 21st, 1998

Twenty-seventh anniversary:
Jack Hallman donated a kidney to Donna Leubke's recipient, her sister, his friend, on October 19th, 1999

Twenty-fifth anniversary:
Barb donated a kidney to her brother on October 1st, 2001. He was re-transplanted 6 days later.
Ellen Souviney donated a kidney to a friend on October 2nd, 2001
Michelle Nichols donated a kidney to a stranger on October 29th, 2001
Jennifer Beckwith donated a kidney to her sister on October 30th, 2001

Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Mary DeLeeuw donated a kidney to a friend on October 8th, 2002
Sylvia Ridley donated a kidney to her mother, Lucy, on October 23rd, 2002
Janice Uible donated a kidney to her husband on October 29th, 2002

Twenty-third anniversary:
Tina Alvarez donated a kidney to her sister on October 13th, 2003
Stephanie Powell donated a kidney to a stranger on October 21st, 2003
Marilyn Zeller-Walker donated a kidney to her daughter on October 28th, 2003

Twenty-second anniversary:
Lynn Cosgrove donated a kidney anonymously on October 12th, 2004
Samuel R. Smitty II donated a kidney to an unrelated person on October 20th, 2004
Gladys Sanders donated a kidney to her daughter on October 29th, 2004

Twenty-first anniversary:
Bruce Doty donated a kidney to his daughter, Tracey, on October 12th, 2005, the day before her 23rd birthday
Angela Dale donated a kidney to her friend, Charles Coats, on October 19th, 2005
Lynda Gammons donated a kidney to her husband, Ian, on October 20th, 2005
Ruth Woodhall donated a kidney to her cousin, Alan, on October 27th, 2005

Twentieth anniversary:
Michael Joseph donated a kidney to a stranger found on LDO in October, 2006
Patty-Lynn Gouthro donated a kidney to her sister on October 4th, 2006
Bryan Compton donated a kidney to his wife, Debbie, on October 10th, 2006
Vince C. donated a kidney to his wife on October 17th, 2006
Amanda Mathenia donated a kidney to her father, Terry, on October 25th, 2006

Nineteenth anniversary:
Lauren Chavis donated a kidney to Christina Hill on October 2nd, 2007
Tina Schwaderer donated a kidney to David Martin on October 2nd, 2007
Kim Jackson donated her left kidney to her mother on October 5th, 2007
Ann Davis donated a kidney to her husband on October 22nd, 2007
Khalifa Al Shaibani donated a kidney to his brother, Hamad, on October 26th, 2007
Diane Curtiss donated a kidney to her husband on October 30th, 2007

Eighteenth anniversary:
Nathan Pearl donated a kidney to his sister on October 7th, 2008
Edwin E. Rodriguez, Sr., donated a kidney to his son, Edwin E. Rodriguez, Jr., on October 9th, 2008
Anne-Marie Meyer donated her right kidney to her friend Susie on October 14th, 2008
Lorrie Whitfield donated a kidney to her husband on October 15th, 2008
Carole Stueben donated a kidney to her father on October 16th, 2008
Oliver Foggin donated a kidney to a friend on October 17th, 2008
Kathy Harris donated a kidney to her husband on October 23rd, 2008
Sarah McDaniel donated a kidney to a stranger in a list exchange on October 28th, 2008 (her mother received a deceased-donor kidney four weeks later)

Seventeenth anniversary:
Linda donated a kidney to her husband on October 8th, 2009
Faith McKinney donated a kidney to her cousin's husband, Steve Carter, on October 20th, 2009
Carmen Manning donated a kidney to her father on October 23rd, 2009
Phil Hoover gave his left kidney to one of his college professors from more than 20 years ago on October 28th, 2009

Sixteenth anniversary:
Rebecca Chambers Farwell donated a kidney to her husband, Keith, on October 19th, 2010.  He died a short time later from a preventable complication.
Scott Jenkins donated a kidney to a stranger in need on October 22nd, 2010

Fifteenth anniversary:
Shelby Morris donated a kidney to a friend on October 6th, 2011
Tricia Carter donated a kidney to her sister, Elaine, on October 16th, 2011
Brenda Walsh donated a kidney to her brother, Robert Rhinas, on October 17th, 2011
Tom Carr made a non-directed kidney donation on October 21st, 2011
Linda donated a kidney to her best friend from high school on October 28th, 2011
Sonya Martinez donated a kidney to her husband Jaime, on October 28th, 2011

Fourteenth anniversary:
Linda Bernard donated a kidney on October 1st, 2012
Shana Roche donated part of her liver to her father, Michael Cox, on October 4th, 2012
Scott W. Barnes donated a kidney to his uncle, Billy Gene Crum, on October 18th, 2012

Thirteenth anniversary:
Christa Bolette Hassen donated part of her liver to four week old Maddox Raptosh on October 16th, 2013
Bruce Stanfill donated a kidney to his neighbor, Ben Bott, on October 23rd, 2013
Julie Chahal donated a kidney to her father, Ken, on October 23rd, 2013
June Krueger donated a kidney to her long time friend, Cindy Dischinger, on October 30th, 2013

Twelfth anniversary:
Jon Aplin donated part of his liver to his friend, Jaci Rego, on October 2nd, 2014
Angel McCliggott donated a kidney on October 31st, 2014

Eleventh anniversary:
Diane R Witte donated a kidney to her husband, Marvin, on their 21st wedding anniversary, October 12th, 2015
Jack Kenneth Omondi Ouko donated a kidney to his sister, Jael Akinyi Ouko, on October 13th, 2015
Lisa Mendpara donated a kidney to her husband, Ris***, on October 14th, 2015

Tenth anniversary:
Donna Aitken donated a kidney to her sister, Karen, on October 25th, 2016

Seventh anniversary:
Tom Davies made a non-directed kidney donation on October 16th 2019
April Wilson donated a kidney to her mother, Marylou Walker, on October 21st, 2019
Erin Kirchner donated a kidney anonymously, reportedly to a 14 year old girl in Minnesota, on October 22nd, 2019

Fifth anniversary:
Anita I. Costello donated a kidney to her husband, Zavier D. Mauldin, on October 25th, 2021

Fourth anniversary:
Rose Osborn donated a kidney to her cousin, Angel Cesta, on October 6th, 2022

First anniversary:
Molly Williams donated her kidney to obtain a voucher for her brother, Max Beal, on October 7th, 2025. He was to receive a kidney on April 15th, 2026
Eileen Mullin donated part of her liver to her brother, William, on October 22nd, 2025

[Karol]

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