Dr. John Ryan...Note Pipe firmly in place RIP John I hope the Muskies are biting up there.
Gert Baker
Dr. John F. Ryan September 4, 1933 - August 26, 2009
Dr. John Ryan, age 75, of Stone Lake, WI died on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 in Ontario, Canada as the result of a boating accident. John Francis Ryan II was born on September 4, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John F. and Ann (Gainley) Ryan I.
John received his medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago in 1959 and served his internship and residency at University of Chicago Clinics. Dr. Ryan practiced general surgery in Chicago, IL from 1965 to 1967. He served on active duty with the U.S. Army Expeditionary Forces in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. He was an advisor to the 6th Vietnam Airborne and retired with the rank of major. After being honorably discharged.
Dr. Ryan practiced general surgery in San Jose California from 1969 until 2003. He served as chairman of the Department of Surgery at West Valley Hospital and as president of the Santa Clara County Surgical Society from 1979-1980 and was re-elected to that position in 1984. He also served on the Credential Committee, Peer Review Committee, Tumor Board, Morbidity and Mortality Committees of various hospitals.
After moving to Stone Lake, WI, he practiced at the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital from 2003 until his retirement from active practice in 2005. John’s passion was musky fishing and he was a member of Muskies Inc since 1980 as well as a member of its Board of Directors.
He was an active member of the Hayward Chapter of Muskies Inc. since 2003 as well as a member of Walleyes for Northwest Wisconsin and of the Hayward Rod and Gun Club. John was a licensed fishing guide. He also obtained his real estate license and was presently a realtor with Stone Lake Realty. He joined the Hayward Lions in 2005 and was chairman of the Lions’ Musky Festival Fishing Contest for the past four years.
He was currently the Sawyer County Coroner, having been elected to that position in 2006.
John enjoyed volunteering with the many organizations with which he was active as well as spending time with his family, his friends, and his dogs. He will be greatly missed by all of them. John is survived by his wife Maureen of Stone Lake, WI; three sons: John (Linda) Ryan III of San Jose, CA, Keith (Linda) Ryan of Hayward, WI, and Kevin Ryan of Colorado Springs, CO; one daughter, Kimberly (Todd) Tilden of Hayward, WI; five grandchildren; one sister, Kathy (Ed) Condon of Chicago, IL, and nieces and nephews.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3rd 2009 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hayward. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Anderson-Nathan-Koerpel Funeral Home and again on Thursday morning at the church for one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Hayward.
Joe Louis White (1937 - 2008)
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Joe
Louis White, 70, a retired U.S. Army first sergeant and a retired VA
hospital ward secretary, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, at home.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at Greater Rising Star Baptist Church,
5313 Como Drive, the Rev. Floyd Brooks, pastor, officiating. Interment:
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday
at Morris-Bates Mortuary. Wake: with the family present 6:30 to 7:30
p.m. at the church.
Survivors: He leaves behind those to cherish his memory his wife of 43
years, Shirley White; daughters, Tina Scott (Joe) and Yolanda Winston
(Kevin); sons, Joe White Jr. (Cynthia) and Darrell Franklin (Beverly);
sisters, Gracie Tucker, Sallie Hawkins, Doris White and Barbara White;
brothers, Edward White and William Michael "Mike" White (Cynthia); eight
grandchildren; and a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and
friends.
JOSE DUQUE MD
Jose was born on February 13, 1934 and passed away on Monday, December 27, 2010.
LONG LIVE GERTRUDE!
LTC Gertrude E. Baker, Army Nurse Corps, (Ret) died after a long battle with Alzheimers on 8 July 2009.
Gert was born in Brooklyn, New York on 11 July 1937. She was preceded in death by her father, Reginald H. Baker and mother Salome' Baker, brother Roderick Baker and brother Reginald H. Baker Jr. She is survived by her brother Charles F. Baker, his wife Bonita and children Cornell Baker and Aliah Baker-Holman. She is also survived by numerous nephews and nieces. She is also survived by special friends Victoria Bennett, Lars Hundere, Grace and Maris, Laurie Aust and Marian Walls [ and numerous friends and colleagues too numerous to list here. Suffice it say, everyone knew Gertrude! ] Gert graduated from Bellevue and Mills School of Nursing, New York City, in 1958. She joined the Army Nurse Corps and began her career at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Her travels in the Army took her to many places in the US to include Brooke Army Medical Center. She served in the Republic of Vietnam at the 36th Evacuation Hospital. LTC Bakers' awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal, First Class.
Following her retirement from the Army in 1977, Gert pursued another goal that she was passionate about. She attended the University of Incarnate Word and obtained her degree in Theatre Arts. She is well known in San Antonio as a performer, organizer and director. She served on many boards and panels with Jump-Start Performance Company, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, The Alamo Theatre Arts Council, Carver Community Cultural Center to name but a few. Gert collected many pieces of local and Mexican art. She was an active member of the Museum of Art, McNay Art Museum, and the Witte Museum.
She was actively involved in fund raising and most notably with the Espernaza Peace and Justice Center, the Carver and University of the Incarnate Word Scholarship Program. She was an outstanding performer and was in many plays such as "A my name is Alice", "High Yellow Rose" and "Night Mother". She enjoyed reading stories and poems for audiences and was very active in this venue. Gert loved to begin her day with a long luncheon with friends and maybe do some shopping and the evening would include a theatre arts production, a fund raiser, attending a showing of new artworks followed by a breakfast at Earl Abels, the original one on Broadway. Gert was an avid sports fan and followed the Spurs and Silver Stars Basketball games closely.
Gert was also an active member of The Army Nurse Corps Association and the 36th Evacuation Hospital Reunion Group. She supported the AMEDD Museum, Fort Sam Houston, Tx and was a frequent shopper in the Gift Shop. My, how Gert loved to shop!!
Gertrude will be missed by all. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Army Nurse Corps Association, The AMEDD Museum, Espernaza Peace and Justice Center. The family would like to thank the care providers at the Audie Murphy VA GEM/Memory Clinic, Esplanade Gardens Assisted Living Facility and Odyssey Hospice for the care and compassion provided to Gertrude and family. A visitation will be held at Sunset Funeral Home from 6 PM to 8 PM on Thursday, 16 July 2009. The Funeral Service will be held at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel, at 12:00 Noon on Friday, 17 July 2009 with burial following at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. To leave a message for the family, go to www.mem.com.
San Antonio Tribune
Dr. E. Val Liberace
Birth: Oct. 25, 1939Death: Jul. 21, 2009
Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
E. Val Liberace, M.D., 69, of West Chester, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at
home.
He was the husband of Kathleen Liberace.
Born in Darby on Oct. 25, 1939, he was the son of the late Ettore V.
Liberace and the late Stephanie Marks.
He was a 1957 graduate of Msr. Bonner High School, St. Joseph's University
and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
He was a medical doctor. Dr. Liberace served with the 36th Evac. Hospital in
Vietnam.
In addition to his wife, he was the beloved father of Christopher Paul,
Steven Patrick and Val Joseph; grandfather of Michael, Tristan, Sebastian
and Hannah Liberace; and brother of Rita Eckhart.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Ss. Peter &
Paul church, Boot Road, East Goshen, where friends may call after 9:15 a.m.
Interment will be in St. Agnes Cemetery, West Chester.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his name may be made to The American
Cancer Society, 1615 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA 19382.
Burial:
Saint Agnes Cemetery
West Chester
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by:
Dan
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Record added: Aug 25, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 41118694
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- Richard J. "Dick" Christensen, age 69, of Ovid, died Saturday (December
3) at Geneva General Hospital.
Joseph
R. Brien, Jr. Joe was born September 7, 1947 in Minot, North Dakota to
Joseph and Eunice Fuller Brien. His family came west to Tacoma when
Joe was a young boy, and he graduated from Puyallup High School in
1966. Joe served his country in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a combat
medic. He was a proud tribal member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. After the military he was a
commercial fisherman on the purse seiner La Touche and later retired
from Cement Masons Local Union 528. His early retirement was due to
Parkinson's disease as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. Joe is
survived by his wife Mary in Roy, three daughters, Janelle (Scott)
Hite in Auburn, Melinda (Mark) Atchley in Auburn, and Shelly (Joe
Higgins) Brien in Roy, two sons, Joshua (Kassie) Schwinger in Burien
and Joe C. Brien in Roy, his brother Jerry Brien in Tacoma, three
sisters, Linda (Jim) Jacobsen in Tacoma, Joan (Randy) Horttor in
Randle, and Debby (John) Brynjulfson in Santa Ana, California, his
special Aunt Judi in Allyn, as well as eight grandchildren and
numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. Joe's family
wishes to express their appreciation to Dr. Deborah Hammond at the
American Lake VA Hospital and the Franciscan Hospice Team for their
compassionate care. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 PM Sunday,
January 22, 2012 in the Mountain View Valley Chapel. Arrangements by
Mountain View Funeral Home. Please sign the online guestbook at