Shoshana Von Eberhardt Dindinger Hilleson

HILLESON, Shoshana von Eberhardt Dindinger, 83, left this world to be with her heavenly Father, after a heroic battle with multiple myeloma, on November 10, 2008. She was born September 13, 1925, in Stuttgart, Germany to Adolf von Eberhardt Dindinger, the Duke von Eberhardt, former Adjutant General to Kaiser Wilhelm and famed architect of pre-war Berlin, and to Tatjana Wiczewski Dindinger, educator, of Russia. Shoshana Hillelson was a member of the German Olympic figure skating team in 1944 and was a concert pianist of international renown with Toscanini. She leaves behind her devoted husband of 60 years, Upton M. Hillelson of New York City, former president and CEO of the New England textile conglomerate Granite Mills, Inc. She also leaves her three children, Howard Hillelson of Atlanta, Dr. June Hillelson of Grand Rapids, Mich, and Ruth Hillelson, M.D.; and her beloved son-in-law, Terry L. Whipple, M.D. of Richmond, Va. Also to be remembered as loving family are, Col. Larry K. Whipple, USAF retired, his wife, Deb Whipple, and daughter, Austen, of Cocoa, Fla. She takes our hearts with her.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.