A life in medicine In Memoriam: March 9, 2017 View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians. March 9, 2017Thursday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics In Memoriam The following list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians includes links to obituaries and online memorials if they’re available. Readers can notify The DO of their deceased colleagues by sending an email to MemberService@osteopathic.org. View a list of past In Memoriam columns here. Ernest F. Bernhardi Jr., DO, 96 (MWU/CCOM 1951), of Harrisonburg, Virginia, died Jan. 12. George T. Caleel, DO, 87 (MWU/CCOM 1955), of Oak Brook, Illinois, died Feb. 18. Visit Dr. Caleel’s online guest book. Russell M. Crispell, DO, 90 (PCOM 1953), of Troy, Michigan, died Dec. 1, 2016. John V. Dimanin, DO, 86 (ATSU-KCOM 1960), of Dearborn, Michigan, died Feb. 18. Visit Dr. Dimanin’s online guest book. William F. Emlich Sr., DO, 85 (ATSU-KCOM 1958), of Centerburg, Ohio, died Feb. 1. Visit Dr. Emlich’s online guest book. John E. Hodges, DO, 92 (DMU-COM 1951), of Carroll, Iowa, died March 17, 2016. Ronald E. Johnson, DO, 74 (PCOM 1978), of Shawnee, Kansas, died Feb. 18. Visit Dr. Johnson’s online guest book. David Andrew Jones, DO, 64 (KCU-COM 1980), of Topeka, Kansas, died Feb. 21. Visit Dr. Jones’ online guest book. Toon Lee, DO, 89 (DMU-COM 1965), of McLean, Virginia, died Feb. 7. Visit Dr. Lee’s online guest book. LeRoy S. Neumann, DO, 87 (DMU-COM 1959), of Farmington Hills, Michigan, died Dec. 26, 2016. Paul M. Steingard, DO, 87 (PCOM 1954), of Phoenix died Feb. 27. Visit Dr. Steingard’s online guest book. Charles Franklin Wilcher Jr., DO, 93 (DMU-COM 1953), of Vandalia, Ohio, died Feb. 8. Visit Dr. Wilcher’s online guest book. More in Profession Compassion in medicine: It’s not just the right thing to do—it also makes the most cents Miko Rose, DO, writes about the impact of compassionate care on the economics of medicine. AOA now accepting nominations for its 2024 DEI Unification Award Awards to recognize individual and organizational contributions to DEI initiatives in the osteopathic community. Nominations are due by May 20. Previous articleWhat it means to be "Keepers of the Flame" Next articleMotherhood and medicine: DO's group for doctor moms has 65,000 members
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My father died September 11, 2016; his name is Gordon L. Lerch DO FACOP. PCO Grad of 1953. Could you include his name in your next publication and email me so I can show our mother. She is a graduate of the DO Nursing program from PCO in the 1950’s. Thank you Mar. 16, 2017, at 6:33 pm Reply
Dear Dr. Lerch, Our deepest sympathies for your loss. We will include your father in an upcoming edition of In Memoriam and be sure to notify you. Many thanks. Mar. 17, 2017, at 6:00 pm Reply