Calderon, Haim Chai

Ben Esther and Moshe. He was born on the 11th of Av 5710 (11.8.1950) in Rishon Letzion. Brother to Sarah, Mali and Rebecca. Haim Chai attended the “Sinai” elementary school in Rishon Letzion and the “Amal” high school in Rehovot. Chaim was a vigorous activist in the Hanoar Haoved movement. He was an avid sports fan, loved football and admired the Hapoel Rishon LeZion team, enjoying hiking and nature walks. As a child he was interested in life in machinery and mechanics, and eventually became a car mechanic. At the beginning of November 1968, Chaim joined the IDF, the Ordnance Corps, and served in the Shura camp, where he was a good-hearted man who was willing and willing to help his family and friends. In the end of July 1977, Haim joined the ranks of the career army, and his friends said that he would “go to the army, even during sick days.” When Haim Ben was in the army, He was battling the disease with all his strength when his family visited and supported him all the time, but after Yi Haim was laid to rest on February 22, 1997, at the cemetery in Rishon Letzion, where he died at the age of forty-seven, leaving behind a wife, two sons, two parents and three sisters. Was married to his wife, and on that day he was laid to rest, black clouds and heavy rain accompanied him on his last journey. In a letter of consolation to the family, Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak wrote: “Haim served as the head of the maintenance department at a storage base belonging to the Technology and Logistics Division. Haim Haim was described by his commanders as a professional and devoted person who performed his duties in the best possible way, and nurtured and nurtured his soldiers and served as their own example. “In a certificate of appreciation given to the family, the head of the manpower department wrote:” Haim saw his service as a mission and carried it with devotion and love, , Devoted himself to increasing the strength of the IDF and cultivating its spirit, when the good of the state is in front of its eyes. “