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HENRY HEFFERNAN Obituary
Rev. HENRY GRATTAN HEFFERNAN, S.J.
91, died at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, PA on January 3, 2022. Father Heffernan was preceded in death by his parents, John B. and Patricia G. (Esmonde) Heffernan, and siblings Eithne (Thomas) Hartnett, Patricia Heffernan, and Kathleen (Raymond) Wach. He leaves behind many beloved nephews, nieces, great nephews and nieces, and his Jesuit brothers.Father Heffernan lived for many years at Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C., serving as a social worker and fundraiser for World Missions (1974-97). In 1997, he was assigned to hospital chaplaincy at The National Institutes of Health (1997-2013), and then to St. Elizabeth's Hospital (2014-2021), both in Washington.Visitation will be held at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church, 19 I Street, NW, Washington, D.C. on Monday, January 17, 2022, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 a.m. Parking in the high school lot below the football field.Burial on January 20, 2022 at 11 a.m. at the Jesuit Cemetery in Woodstock, MD.In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the USA East Province, Society of Jesus, 39 E. 83rd Street, New York, NY 10028.www.collinsfuneralhome.com
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Martin Ivers
January 20, 2022
Henry was a major behind-the-scene contributor to the development in implementation of MUMPS based medical information systems at the VA, IHS, and DoD. He was an intelligent and knowledgeable mentor. I spoke with Henry every week for many years, and spoke with him again last year. His many contributions will never be fully recognized.
Wolfgang Giere
January 15, 2022
RIP. That is sad news, indeed. Henry was probably the most influencial driving force behind the scene for the Mumps development and stadardization. I remember him from many meetings. I will never forget his impressive figure and calm arguing with well formulated thoughts. Normally he did not say much but what he said was always substantial.
Vincent Brannigan
January 15, 2022
I have known Henry since the 1970s He was one of the original people in medical computing. With my wife Dr Ruth Dayhoff he was one of the incorporators of the nonprofit Symposium on Computer applications in Medical Care and a pillar of the Mumps Users Group (MUMPS is a dominant medical computer language) Henry brought humanity , patient orientation and ethics to the computer community, which sorely needed all three. His humor was infectious . I knew him for a year before I realized we were both Gonzaga graduates. He was gracious to a fault and a friend in tribulation
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