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 LINDSAY ALYCE JONES

Organ and Cornea Donor
Age 17 ~ Dublin, OH
Donated on 9/13/2002
at Riverside Methodist Hospital

Sponsored by Lifeline of Ohio


At 17, Lindsay Alyce Jones was a beautiful girl with exceptional wisdom and a larger-than-life personality. She loved to travel and hoped to attend nursing school and help those in other countries. On September 13, 2002, Lindsay suffered a brain aneurysm. She saved three people through four organ gifts and gave two women the gift of sight with her corneas. "I know in my heart that Lindsay is so happy to have given these people a future," her mother Kathy affirmed. "We feel such peace knowing that Lindsay's life lives on forever and her circle of life continues."


Lindsay's Story

Lindsay Alyce Jones was a beautiful girl, inside and out. She had the heartiest laugh, and people always knew when Lindsay entered the room. "Her personality was a strong one - she never shied away from speaking her mind and letting her opinions be known," her mother Kathy Harrington remembered. "She was definitely larger than life!"

Lindsay loved being a big sister to Mallory and Reilly and was already an important person in both of their lives. She had profound wisdom for a 17-year-old and made good judgments. Lindsay loved to travel, and she was a huge Cleveland Indians fan who never missed an opening game.

Lindsay had been looking forward to her senior year of high school - going to prom, getting her diploma, and going off to college. She wanted to attend Loyola University in Chicago and study nursing, which she hoped to incorporate with travel and help people in other countries.

On September 13, 2002, Lindsay suffered a fatal brain aneurysm. At the hospital, her parents were asked the important question: Did Lindsay want to be an organ and tissue donor?

"I immediately said yes," said Kathy. "I had a flashback to the day, just a year before, that Lindsay received her driver's license and she was so happy that she had an organ donor sticker on her license. That moment started a journey we never thought we would experience in our lifetimes."

Lindsay donated her liver to a two-year-old boy, her right kidney to a 16-year-old boy, and her left kidney and pancreas to a father and husband whom Lindsay's family has met. Her corneas went to two women who both had degenerative eye disease and now have the gift of sight.

"I know in my heart that Lindsay is so happy to have given these people a future," Kathy affirmed. "We feel such peace knowing that Lindsay's life lives on forever and her circle of life continues."

"Losing your child is the most devastating event you can endure in your lifetime, but we will be forever grateful that Lindsay was able to be a donor. Most parents who lose their children leave the hospital with nothing but their grief; we were one of the lucky ones as we left knowing that our daughter's life would continue. This truly is what life is all about, giving of yourself so selflessly to help someone else."