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Shira A Kansas 1974 - 2003

Shira Arielle Kansas was born on June 8, 1974 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, Louisiana United States, and died at age 28 years old on February 13, 2003 in Baltimore, MD. Shira Kansas was buried at New Beth Israel Cemetery in New Orleans, LA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shira A Kansas.

Shira Arielle Kansas
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June 8, 1974
New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, Louisiana, United States
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February 13, 2003
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Shira A Kansas Shira Kansas (1974 - 2003)
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  • Introduction

    Shira Arielle Kansas was born to Jacob and Leonore Diamond Kansas. She had a brother, Alan Fisher Kansas and a sister, Rachael Beth Kansas. Shira Kansas was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 28. She is buried in New Orleans. She had been a second-year resident at the University of Maryland Medical School, focusing on Emergency Medicine. See Shira A Kansas: Obituary.
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    1974

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    June 8, 1974
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    New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, Louisiana United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Shira was Caucasian.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Shira was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 28. She is buried in New Orleans.

  • Early Life & Education

    Shira attended Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since she was a medical doctor, she must have attended medical school too. She had been a second-year resident at the University of Maryland Medical School, focusing on Emergency Medicine.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Rabbi Yisroel Schiff and Rabbi Robert Loewy officiated at her funeral.

  • Military Service

    There is no record of Shira having served in the military.

  • Professional Career

    Shira's headstone says that she was an M.D. - medical doctor.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Shira's headstone is inscribed with Hebrew. In English, it says "Compassionate Heart Strong And Wise Beloved Her Spirit Inspires Us Always."
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    February 13, 2003
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    Baltimore, Maryland United States
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    New Beth Israel Cemetery in New Orleans, Orleans Parish County, LA
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  • Obituary

    Shira Kansas Obituary Shira Arielle Kansas, M.D., age 28 years at Baltimore, MD on Thursday, February 13, 2003. Beloved daughter of Jacob and Leonore Diamond Kansas. Sister of Alan Fisher Kansas and Rachael Beth Kansas. Sister-in-law of Aidi Demmer Kansas. Fiance of Alexander N. Hecht. Aunt of Ian Tosh Kansas. Also survived by her ""special aunt'' Karen Woods. Shira will be missed by people whose lives she has touched around the world. Funeral services will be held from the solarium of the BULTMAN FUNERAL HOME, 3338 St. Charles Avenue on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 1:00 P.M. with Rabbi Yisroel Schiff and Rabbi Robert Loewy officiating. Interment will follow in New Beth Israel Cemetery, 4444 Elysian Fields Avenue. Visitation on Sunday from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Kindly omit flowers. Memorial contributions to the Center for Emergency Medicine in Jerusalem (Hadassah Fund Rraising Services) 50 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019-2500 are preferred. Information 895-7766 - Published by The Times-Picayune from Feb. 15 to Feb. 16, 2003.
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In 1974, in the year that Shira A Kansas was born, on February 5th, Patty Hearst, age 19 - granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst and daughter of publisher of the San Francisco Examiner Randolph Hearst - was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a left wing terrorist group. She was found, alive, 19 months later.
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In 1980, Shira was just 6 years old when on December 8th, ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of his home - the Dakota - in New York City. Chapman was found guilty of murder and still remains in jail.
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