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During Julie Weighter’s eighth-grade year at St. Mary’s in 1962, she became ill and was diagnosed with renal kidney disease, spending four and a half months in Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks.

Kidney transplant pioneer, a former Grand Forks resident, dies in Twin Cities During Julie Weighter’s eighth-grade year at St. Mary’s in 1962, she became ill and was diagnosed with renal kidney disease, spending four and a half months in Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks. 2:00 pm, Feb. 19, 2021 × Julie Weighter GRAND FORKS — Julie Weighter, one of the worlds first to survive a kidney transplant, continued defying convention until her death at age 72 on Feb. 5, 2021...

Kidney transplant pioneer, a former Grand Forks resident dies in Twin Cities During Julie Weighter’s eighth-grade year at St. Mary’s in 1962, she became ill and was diagnosed with renal kidney disease, spending four and a half months in Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks. 7:00 am, Feb. 17, 2021 × Julie Weighter Former Grand Forks resident Julie Weighter, one of the worlds first to survive a kidney transplant, continued defying convention until her death at age 72 on F...