Wealthy Heiress Leaves $50,000 To Nail Technician

A deceased New York City heiress from the Upper East Side has bequeathed generous sums of money to important people in her life.  One of these important persons was Jenny Kim, a nail technician that works at Echo Spa and Nail.  Kaaren Parker Gray had been Jenny Kim’s client and visited Echo Spa and Nail two times a week for about twelve years.  The deceased heiress had a handwritten Will.  

Gray was the daughter Jack Parker, a General Electric vice president and after that a director of Pan Am and the Smithsonian Institution.  The 10-page Will was written in a casual shorthand and gave generous amounts to various family members and close friends.  She also bequeathed generous sums to her hairdressers, a housekeeper, and her doorman.  It was very important to the deceased heiress that the people who pampered her throughout her life were generously provided for. 

See Lisa L. Colangelo, Barbara Ross, Ginger Adams Otis, Wealthy Upper East Side heiress leaves $50G to favorite nail salon tech, New York Daily News, September 24, 2015. 

Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.