Historian and Actress, Jillian Kesner-Graver Passes On
Jillian Kesner-Graver, who may best be remembered by television fans as Fonzie’s girlfriend Lorraine on “Happy Days,” passed away early this December. Jillian was battling leukemia but unexpectedly passed on at an Irvine, California hospital due to a staph infection. She was 58.
Jillian, along with her late husband Gary Graver, spent their years of marriage working to preserve the works of Orson Welles. Gary Graver had worked with Welles on many movies over the years. She would organize worldwide tours for her husband where he would discuss Orson Welles’ late works. Prior to her death, she was working to put together footage her husband shot during the 1970s to complete Welles’ unfinished feature “The Other Side of the Wind.â€
Jillian is survived by her mother, sisters and two stepsons.
If you would like to know more about documenting the diversity and uniqueness of your loved one’s life, read “What is an Online Memorial.” Sharing a family member’s life story can have a powerful effect on others as well as yourself.
Photo by Inkeri Salonharju