To give even two million dollars to a single little dog is like setting the money on fire in front of a group of poor people. Where Does Leona Helmsley's Money Go? Hint: Not to the Dogs And she is not the first wealthy person to use a will to show a preference for dogs over humans. Tall, stooped, a workaholic before the term was invented, Helmsley started buying buildings that were, in a way, a reflection of himselfdrab but profitable. Walter Panzirer would have been content spending his life serving as a law enforcement officer and a volunteer paramedic and firefighter. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. A smaller share of the trusts giving to Israel goes to improving the countrys image in the world. Netflix's 'Power Rangers' Reunion Stars Hint at More to Come: "You There, the foundation is being courted by universities, hospitals and civic organizations. Or does Helmsleys change, along with the broader vogue for pet bequests, reflect a decadent moment in our history? Is it right to give so much money to a dogor to dogs generally? How do you enforce that? he asked. His funeral service will follow at 7 pm. But the focus of news coverage today in The Daily News and The New York Post has been, of course, the juicier provisions of Mrs. Helmsleys will. Family and friends are invited to visit Walter J. Kent Funeral Home, 858 Lake St. at Washington Ave., Elmira on Thursday, May 4th from 5 to 7 pm. Born in 1920, she overcame a hardscrabble youth in Brooklyn to become a successful condominium broker in Manhattan, eventually alighting, in the nineteen-sixties, at a firm owned by Harry B. Helmsley, one of the citys biggest real-estate developers. She evicted tenants from their homes, kicked her own daughter-in-law out after her sons death and became notorious for her outbursts at workers and colleagues.