Monroe Heidecorn

Monroe Heidecorn was born May 21, 1923 to Helen and David Heidecorn and passed away on April 6, 2018, one month shy of his 95th Birthday. A lifelong resident of Westchester County, he was born in Mt. Vernon and graduated with honors from EB Davis High School at the age of 16 - excelling in math. Monroe was accepted to Yale, class of 1944 (Sheffield School of Engineering). With the outset of World War II, he accelerated his studies graduating in October, 1943. While in college, he enrolled in the Reserve Officer's Training Corp (ROTC) and was inducted into the Army as a private on April 1, 1943 but returned to campus to complete his last term. After graduation he was sent to Officer's Candidate School (OCS) in Fort Sill, Oklahoma which he attended from October, 1943 to March, 1944. As a 1st lieutenant in the army he was sent to Italy with the 617th Field Artillery Observation Battalion under General Clark. He returned to the United States at the end of World War II but because he was short the requisite number of months to be fully discharged, he was redeployed to Europe to help with the post war efforts. He remained in Germany after being discharged from the Army and worked with the Civil Service War Department at the 56th Quarter Base Depot. When he left civil service, he entered the family retail shoe business Economy Shoes - expanding it to 6 stores in Westchester and changing the name to Heide Shoes. He sold the stores but never retired transitioning to commercial real estate which he actively pursued until his passing. He was married for 58 years to Marian who predeceased him. He was a member of Kol Ami Temple in White Plains, NY for 60 years. His proudest legacy was of his 19 progeny: father of Gail Kedrus (Vitaliy), Debra Goldman (Noah) and David Heidecorn (Deborah); grandfather to Joshua Goldman (Eleanor), Eric Goldman(Elisabeth), Nadine Kedrus (Nicholas Marshall), Brooke Heidecorn (Brian Waldman), Keith Heidecorn and Katherine Goldman; great grand-father to Emma Goldman, Simon Marshall and Sarah Goldman.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hudson Valley Honor Flights in memory of Monroe Heidecorn

-HVHF is a non-profit to honor America's veterans for their service to our country. They transport our heroes to Washington, D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials at no cost to the veterans.

- The Heidecorn Family Foundation will match dollar for dollar all donations made to HVHF

-By Check: Make checks payable to H.V.H.F (Or Hudson Valley Honor Flight)

Mailing Address: Hudson Valley Honor Flight ATTN: Donations P.O. Box 375, Walden, NY 12586

- Online Donation: www.hvhonorflight.com/donate

-For further information: 845-391-0076