Dr. Allison "Allie" Renee Herschel

1989 - 2018

Dr. Allison “Allie”

Renee Herschel

Nov. 23, 1989 - July 21, 2018

COLUMBIA, SC - Dr. Allison “Allie” Renee Herschel, 28, peacefully ended her long struggle with mental illness and anorexia nervosa on July 21, 2018 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Allie was born on November 23, 1989, in Youngstown, Ohio to James and Breanna (Speedy) Herschel. She grew up in Austintown and Canfield, Ohio and attended Immaculate Heart of Mary School, St. Christine School, and Cardinal Mooney High School. While in high school, her family moved to South Bend, Indiana, and she graduated early in January 2008 in order to join them and attend Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She later transferred to the University of Notre Dame, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Science-Business in 2011, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. While a student at Notre Dame, Allie worked as an Assistant to the Director of Operations for the Women's Basketball Program for two seasons.

Following her passion to help others, Allie continued her education earning a Master of Science in Global Health from the University of Notre Dame in 2012. She then attended the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine in 2016. While in medical school, Allie helped found the Navari Student Outreach Clinic, delivering free health care to the uninsured and underserved members of the South Bend, Indiana community. She was the first recipient of the clinic's Joseph H. Cerbin, M.D. award for outstanding student contribution.

Allie completed her transitional year residency at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and was a current resident in the Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina Preventive Medicine Residency in Columbia, South Carolina.

Allie loved babysitting, walks on the beach, Disney World, Sunday crosswords with her family, Notre Dame women's basketball, good books, jigsaw puzzles, and the family dogs. She also loved to help people and volunteered her time at many organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, St. Joseph County Public Library, Hannah's House, and at Notre Dame, where she volunteered with First Aid Services and served as a commissioner for the Bookstore Basketball Tournament.

Allie will be missed by her parents, James and Breanna Herschel; her brothers, Brett, Daniel, and Kyle Herschel of Granger, Indiana; her maternal grandmother, Esther Carnahan of Austintown, Ohio; her great-aunt, Sister Isabel Rudge, OSU of Canfield, Ohio; her aunt, Mary Ann Herschel of Austintown, Ohio; her aunt, Amy (Randy) Hahn of Louisville, Ohio; her uncle, Allen Speedy of Columbus, Ohio; and her cousins, Andrew (Liz) and Lauren Fontanarosa, and Abby, Clay, Brody, and Erin Hahn.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Bernard and Dorothy Herschel, and her maternal grandfather, Robert Speedy.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on August 3, 2018 at St. Christine Church in Youngstown, Ohio. Following this service, Allie was laid to rest next to her paternal grandparents at Calvary Cemetery.

A Mass will be held in Allie's memory, celebrated by Monsignor Michael Heintz, on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 3:30 pm at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

Memorial contributions may be made in Allie's name to the Navari Student Outreach Clinic/Indiana School of Medicine-South Bend, 1234 North Notre Dame Avenue, South Bend, IN 46617.