DEBORAH GAIL HEILIZER  

Died on April 7, 2013. She was born in Rochester, NY on July 14, 1958. She was married to Keith Weissman for 31 years, since April 20, 1981. She is survived and deeply mourned by her husband and their three children, Roxanne Heilizer, born on March 15, 1988, Gregory Weissman, born on August 24, 1990, and Raphael Weissman, born on June 29, 1994, and two beloved dogs, Carmen, aged 8 and Maple, aged 4.

She will also be greatly missed by her mother, Judith Hess Heilizer, of Madison WI, and father, Fred Heilizer, of Chicago, and seven brothers and sisters, Ruth, Jeff, Glenn, Rachel, Tim, Miriam, and Anthony. She and her husband had lived in Chicago, Cairo, Egypt, and San Francisco before Bethesda MD; she will be grieved by countless friends and colleagues in those locations and other places.

A service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, Deb wanted donations to be made in her name to ServeHaiti, 999 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2300, Atlanta GA 30309 or Homeward Trails, P. O. Box 100968, Arlington VA 22210, www.homewardtrails.org or Oxfam America, 226 Causeway Street, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02114.