Mrs. Hefner was one of the first investors in her son's magazine when it started in 1953. She became a millionaire when the magazine's parent company went public in 1971.
"My mother was a very special person," Hugh Hefner said in a statement. "She didn't always agree with my ideas, but she always believed in me. When I had run out of the funds I needed to publish Playboy's first issue, she reached into her own personal savings."
Mrs. Hefner was born in 1895 in Holdrege, Neb. She also is survived by another son, Keith; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services are pending.
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*** Many thanks to Alex P. Reed (#48008650) for parents links and Harold Barraclough (#47891768) for additional grave info
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Mrs. Hefner was one of the first investors in her son's magazine when it started in 1953. She became a millionaire when the magazine's parent company went public in 1971.
"My mother was a very special person," Hugh Hefner said in a statement. "She didn't always agree with my ideas, but she always believed in me. When I had run out of the funds I needed to publish Playboy's first issue, she reached into her own personal savings."
Mrs. Hefner was born in 1895 in Holdrege, Neb. She also is survived by another son, Keith; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services are pending.
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*** Many thanks to Alex P. Reed (#48008650) for parents links and Harold Barraclough (#47891768) for additional grave info
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