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Moon Woman Among List of Kevorkian Suicide Patients

Controversial physician helped a former resident commit suicide in 1992.

A former Moon resident was among the patients whose death was assisted by Jack Kevorkian, the controversial physician who made headlines aiding in the suicide of more than 100 people.

Kevorkian died yesterday at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI. At the bottom of this story is a list of patients Kevorkian assisted, including the late 46-year-old Catherine Andreyev of Moon.

Kevorkian first made headlines for his right-to-die stand in 1990, when he assisted in the death of Janet Adkins, who had Alzheimer’s disease.

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Kevorkian later admitted to assisting in an estimated 130 deaths from 1990-98. He served eight years of a 10- to 25-year-sentence in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, who had Lou Gehrig's disease. Kevorkian was released from prison in 2007 and returned to live in an apartment in Royal Oak.

 

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No. Date Name Age From 1. 06/04/90 Janet Adkins 54 OR 2. 10/23/91 Marjorie Wantz 58 MI 3. 10/23/91 Sherry Miller 43 MI 4. 05/15/92 Susan Williams 52 MI 5. 09/26/92 Lois Hawes 52 MI 6. 11/23/92 Catherine Andreyev 46 PA 7. 12/15/92 Marcella Lawrence 67 MI 8. 12/15/92 Marguerite Tate 70 MI 9. 01/20/93 Jack Miller 53 MI 10. 02/04/93 Stanley Ball 82 MI 11. 02/04/93 Mary Biernat 73 MI 12. 02/08/93 Elaine Goldbaum 47 MI 13. 02/15/93 Hugh Gale 70 MI 14. 02/18/93 Jonathon Grenz 44 CA 15. 02/18/93 Martha Ruwarts 41 CA 16. 05/16/93 Ronald Mansur 54 MI 17. 08/04/93 Thomas Hyde 30 MI 18. 09/09/93 Donald O’Keefe 73 MI 19. 10/22/93 Merian Frederick 72 MI 20. 11/22/93 Ali Khalili 61 IL 21. 11/26/94 Margaret Garrish 72 MI 22. 05/08/95 John Evans 77 MI 23. 05/12/95 Nicholas Loving 27 AZ 24. 06/25/95 Erika Garcellano 60 MO 25. 08/21/95 Esther Cohen 46 IL 26. 11/08/95 Patricia Cashman 58 CA 27. 01/29/96 Linda Henslee 48 WI 28. 05/06/96 Austin Bastable 53 Can. 29. 06/10/96 Ruth Neuman 69 OH 30. 06/18/96 Lona Jones 58 VA 31. 06/20/96 Bette Lou Hamilton 67 OH 32. 07/04/96 Shirley Cline 63 CA 33. 07/09/96 Rebecca Badger 39 CA 34. 08/06/96 Elizabeth Mercz 59 OH 35. 08/15/96 Judith Curren 42 MA 36. 08/20/96 Dortha Louise Siebens 76 TX 37. 08/22/96 Patricia Smith 40 MO 38. 08/22/96 Pat DiGangi 66 NY 39. 09/02/96 Jack Leatherman 73 TN 40. 09/07/96 Isabel Correa 60 CA 41. 09/29/96 Richard Faw 75 NC 42. 10/10/96 William Spolar 70 TX 43. 10/17/96 Nancy DeSoto 55 IL 44. 10/22/96 Barbara Collins 65 MA 45. 08/30/96 Loretta Peabody 54 MI 46. 02/03/97 Elaine Day 79 CA 47. 02/03/97 Lisa Lansing 42 NJ 48. 03/07/97 Helen Livengood 59 VA 49. 03/18/97 Albert “Buddy” Miley 41 PA 50. 03/25/97 Janette Knowles 75 NE 51. 04/08/97 Heidi Aseltyne 27 IN 52. 05/07/97 Delouise Bacher 63 CO 53. 06/26/97 Janis Murphy 40 NV 54. 07/01/97 Dorinda Scheipsmeier 51 CA 55. 07/01/97 Lynne Dawn Lennox 54 NJ 56. 08/13/97 Karen Shoffstall 34 NY 57. 08/26/97 Janet Good 73 MI 58. 08/29/97 Thomas Summerslee 55 CO 59. 09/03/97 Carol Fox 54 PA 60. 09/07/97 Deborah Sickels 43 TX 61. 09/20/97 Natverlal Thakore 78 Can 62. 09/29/97 Kari Miller 54 CO 63. 10/03/97 John Zdanowiez 50 IL 64. 10/08/97 Lois Caswell 65 KY 65. 10/13/97 Annette Blackman 34 MI 66. 10/30/97 John O’Hara 54 NY 67. 11/13/97 Naida Foldes 72 NY 68. 11/22/97 Naomi Sachs 84 NY 69. 11/22/97 Bernice Gross 78 FL 70. 12/03/97 Martha Wichorek 82 MI 71. 12/13/97 Rosalind Haas 59 CA 72. 12/16/97 Margaret Weilhart 89 CA 73. 12/16/97 Cheri Trimble 46 IA 74. 12/27/97 Franz-Johann Long 53 PA 75. 12/27/97 Mary Langford 73 FL 76. 01/08/98 Nancy Rush 81 MI 77. 01/18/98 Carrie Hunter 35 CA 78. 02/03/98 Jeremy Allen 52 MA 79. 02/23/98 Muriel Clement 76 CN 80. 02/26/98 Roosevelt Dawson 21 MI 81. 03/05/98 William Cannaughton 42 MA 82. 03/05/98 Patricia Greyham 61 VA 83-99. Not Available In March, Kevorkian said there had been at least 100 deaths. He gave no names or dates. The death of Waldo Herman has been counted as death #100 by most media sources. — — 100. 03/13/98 Waldo Herman 66 MI 101. 03/26/98 Mary Judith Kanner 67 MI 102. 04/09/98 Shala Semonie 47 AZ 103. 04/13/98 Dixie Coleen Wilson 64 MO 104. 04/17/98 Pricilla Hiles 73 CA 105. 04/17/98 Jack Schenbern 89 FL 106. 04/24/98 Lucille Alderman 86 MI 107. 05/07/98 Matthew Johnson 26 CA 108. 05/19/98 Emma Kassa 68 OH 109. 06/07/98 Joseph Tushkowski 45 NV 110. 09/17/98 Thomas Youk 52 MI

Source: Patients Rights Council

Moon Patch Local Editor Jenna Staul contributed to this story.


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