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Chad Jones

Organ Donor

Age: 21
Location: Katy, Tx
Date of Donation: 06/16/2009
Hospital: Ben Taub General Hospital

Charles Preston Jones (Chad) was the life of the party, always joking around, with a big heart and pure soul. He was the first to volunteer his help, even if he did not know the person. He was well known in both the automobile and motorcycle communities and enjoyed going to weekend meets as often as possible. Everyone knew Chad as “Chadmod,” a nickname he received for modifying everything he owned from an early age….

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Clay Jones

Organ Donor

Location: Forney, TX
Date of Donation: 09/02/1995
Hospital: Baylor Hospital

In the fall of 1995, Clay was a member of the Junior Varsity football team at Forney High School. One day in late August, the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams were working through drills on the practice field just behind Forney High School, which was the site of football practice for the Forney Jackrabbits every day during the fall. However, on this day, the focus of the players and coaches would quickly turn away from…

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Colby Blake Kelso

Organ Donor

Age: 21
Location: Austin, TX
Date of Donation: 11/10/2013
Hospital: Brackenridge Hospital

Colby was born June 9, 1992 in Austin, TX. weighing 9 pounds and was 21 inches long. From that day forward, he was full of life and had a very sweet, gentle spirit. As a toddler, he wouldn’t leave the house without his cowboy boots, cowboy hat, blue jeans and belt on. He also loved horses. I started calling him “Cowboy Colby.” He was always smiling and giggling, just a happy boy! When Colby was…

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Kyle Knudsen

Organ Donor

Age: 22
Location: Augusta, Ga
Date of Donation: 11/27/2020
Hospital: Augusta University

Kyle was my oldest of 3 boys. He was adventurous, funny, caring and loved the outdoors. He had such a giving heart, always there to help others. I lost him tragically in November 2020. I knew that even though his life could not be saved that he could save others so other families wouldn’t have to go through this. Kyle’s final act of giving saved lives and I know he would be so proud. I…

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Edward Ernest Kohler

Organ Donor

Age: 29
Location: Houston, TX
Date of Donation: 07/07/2003
Hospital: Memorial Hermann Hospital

Eddie’s greatest asset was his laid back, charming personality. He rarely threw back his head and laughed out loud at a joke, but you could see the twinkle in his eye and the sly grin on his face. He went about his life on Earth with a determined spirit and a happy heart. He had just received his BS in chemistry in May, 2003 when a car crash took him from us. He spent three…

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Jerry Krimbill

Living Donor

Location: San Antonio, TX
Date of Donation: 10/21/2009
Hospital: Christus Santa Rosa

I would like to nominate my dad to the Organ Donor Hall of Fame. He donated one of his kidneys to me in October of 2009 when I was sixteen years old. My dad is my hero and has been my whole life. He has made many sacrifices to give me the best life possible. I was unexpectedly born with kidney failure. I began dialysis when I was five days old. I have no recollection…

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Jessica Kupczak

Organ Donor

Age: 24
Location: Astoria New York
Date of Donation: 11/23/2002
Hospital: Mt Sinai Hospital Queens NY

Jessica Marie Kupczak known as “Jess” was 24 years old and living in Astoria Queens New York, with her fiancé Eddie and her boxer Elvis. Jessica grew up in Connecticut and had taken dance lessons since the age of four. She continued dance lessons her entire life and went on to attend Adelphi University on Long Island NY where she majored in Dance and Theater. She received her bachelor’s degree in 2000. Jessica was only…

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Dene Kyrish

Living Donor

Age: 55
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date of Donation: 11/02/2005
Hospital: Methodist Transplant Hospital

My two sisters and I grew up knowing we were likely to have inherited the Polycystic kidney disease gene.  Our mom, her dad, and three brothers all died of this disease.  They did not have access to dialysis or transplant. After learning that neither my older or younger sister inherited PKD after being tested, I knew that the odds were not good for me to have avoided having the disease.  Fast forward, I was treated…

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Christian David Lane

Organ Donor

Christian David Lane, born April 4, 1991, with bright blue eyes, long eye lashes and a beautiful angelic face that melted my heart. He was the oldest of 8 grandchildren, the youngest two never got to meet him. He was smart beyond his years, and what we always called an “old soul”. He seemed to understand life before we had a chance to explain how life worked. He was the leader of the of the…

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Jacob Nathaniel Langston

Organ Donor

Age: 17
Location: Kountze, TX
Date of Donation: 11/24/2008
Hospital: Christus St. Elizabeth

It began as what seemed like a normal cold November night. But life as we knew it was coming to a complete stop, only miles away. Jacob’s friends knocked on the door of his home telling his parents what they had heard on the police scanner. “A guy named Jacob, in an older model, gun-metal grey mustang was in an accident involving an 18-wheeler”…the single worst news anyone can think of. Jacob Nathaniel Langston, 17……

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