Heller, Harry
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 18 May 2000, p. 178
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1918-11-15
Spouse: Gladys Heller
Survived by: His wife, Gladys; three sons, Mark, Randi Solomon and Gary; five grandchildren, Michael and Scott Soloman, Joseph and Haley Heller, and Mat Anderson; a brother, David
Age 81; 32-year resident of Northbrook IL, lived 14 years in Skokie; born in Chicago and grew up on West Side, played basketball for Marshall H.S.; attended Central Missouri State U. on athletic scholarship, basketball team won NAIA national championship twice; taught school and played professional baseball three years in farm systems for Cubs and Cleveland Indians; WWII served in Fourth General Hospital in Australia and New Guinea, developed rehab program, earned Bronze Star; returned to teaching and coaching, directed day camps; 25 years owner/director of Harry Heller's National Athletic Camp; 1981-1995 active in Sports Lodge B'nai B'rith; founded Chicago's Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, sports editor for Chicago Jewish Sentinel magazine, President Emeritus of Sports Lodge B'nai B'rith
Cemetery: Westlawn Cemetery, Chicago - Date of Publication
- 18 May 2000
- Date Of Event
- May 15, 2000
- Last Name(s)
-
Heller
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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