Laurel Hester

Quick Facts

Full Name	Laurel Hester
Occupation	Police Officer
Date Of Birth	Aug 15, 1956(1956-08-15)
Age	68
Date Of Death	2006-02-18
Birthplace	Elgin
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Leo

Laurel Hester Biography

Laurel Hester is one of the most popular and richest Police Officer who was born on August 15, 1956 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Her birthplace was Elgin, Illinois, and was raised in Florham Park. She was her parents being Diana (1922-1995) as well as George Hester (1919-1992). There are two siblings, George II and James as well as a sister named real estate agent Lynda (Hester) D’Orio. Hester discovered her sexuality at a very young age. While she was able to accept herself, there were times when her sexuality caused her to feel lonely. As a child , her family would often spend the summer on Jersey Shore. Jersey Shore, and later Hester returned working in the city.

Hester demanded the local authorities to alter the policy and was backed with the help of the Policemen’s Benefit Association. In a private meeting held on the 9th of November, 2005 five Republican members of the county’s board of chosen freeholders opposed the plan and the freeholder John P. Kelly arguing that it was a threat to “the sanctity of marriage.” The 23rd of November, a crowd that included around 200 to 100 supporters attended to protest against the county’s lack of action.

On January 18, 2006, an impassioned videotaped appeal by a weakening Hester from her hospital bed was shown at a meeting of the freeholders, who then met with county Republican leaders in a teleconference on January 20. The next day, the freeholders announced that they were reversing their stance, and would meet on January 25 to extend pension benefits to registered domestic partners, three weeks before Hester’s death.

Hester was a Detective in the Ocean County prosecutor’s office when she was diagnosed with rapidly spreading lung cancer. She died on February 18, 2006, aged 49, in the home she shared with her partner, Stacie Andree.

The year 1999 was the time Hester was introduced to Stacie Andree during a volleyball match in Philadelphia. Hester had been 19 years younger than Andree and the two ladies soon began to fall in love. They bought the same house at Point Pleasant, New Jersey and then they registered their domestic partnership on the 28th of October, 2004. In the early days, a the same-sex marriage was not legally recognized legally in United States.

Laurel Hester Net Worth

Laurel Hester is one of the richest Police Officer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Laurel Hester 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Laurel Anne Hester (August 15 1956 from August 15, 1956 to February 18th (February 18th, 2005) was a lieutenant in the police force in the Ocean County, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office who was brought to the forefront of national media by launching a deathbed appeal to the retirement benefits to her husband. The battle was featured as a film in Freeheld (2007) The finalist for the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary and the feature film with the same title (2015) where Hester is played in the role of Julianne Moore.

She received a bachelor’s diploma in psychology and criminal justice in psychology and criminal justice from Stockton State College, now Stockton University. When she was at the school She was a charter co-chair and member of the student organization, Gay People’s Alliance, the first LGBT organization on the Stockton campus. Together along with Kevin M. Cathcart, Hester was co-president however, she chose to use a pseudonym so that nobody outside of the organization would be aware that they were gay. The role she played in the student group was publicly revealed in the month of November 1975, when she wrote an email addressed to The Argo’s editor The Argo entitled, Gay’s response, which caused her to lose an opportunity to work for the police department. She continued to write pieces promoting LGBT right to rights in The Argo until her graduation in 1977.

The LEAGUE Foundation, which provides financial resources for American LGBT high school seniors entering their first year of institutions of higher learning, has awarded the Laurel Hester Memorial Scholarship annually since 2006.

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Who is Laurel Hester Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Laurel Ranked on the list of most popular Police Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Laurel Hester celebrates birthday on August 15 of every year.