Dr. Samuel G. Albert
IRONWOOD,
Mich. - Dr. Samuel G. Albert died peacefully Sept. 14, 2012. He was
with his loved ones during a brief, sudden illness.
He was born Nov. 4, 1915, to Lulu Hydar and George Albert at his home in Ironwood, and was one of 10 children.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 69 years, Dorothy MacKool Albert; his son, Samuel Albert, Jr.; his brothers, Albert, Mike, Ted, John, Jim, and Fred; and sister, Rosemarie.
He is survived by his sisters, Lucille Hurell and Lamese Davies; daughters, Susan Warshaw, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Kathleen and Allan Stam Jr., M.D., of Jackson, N.H., and Luanne Theslof, of Columbus, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1940 in medicine and surgery. He served in the Army during the war and returned to Ironwood to continue his practice for more than 70 years.
His remarkable talent, especially for diagnosis and careful attention to the highest standards of patient care, touched so many lives in the area. He brought children into the world, did life-saving surgeries and took such loving, thoughtful care of the thousands of patients he treated that he became physician, counselor and friend. In 2011, he was honored by the dean of the University of Michigan Medical School as Physician Emeritus for the excellence of his work and service to the community. He was simply a brilliant physician.
In medicine, he was ahead of his time. He was one of the first to insist on patients getting up on the first day after surgery or childbirth to prevent life threatening clots, now standard procedure and universally accepted. In the early '40s, he recognized the dangers of smoking and would not care for a pregnant woman unless she stopped smoking.
Almost equaled to his love of medicine, his beloved Dorothy and his family, was his passion for fly-fishing. Since childhood, he knew the bottom of every stream, the best spots, the secret trails, and his skill with a rod and reel was simply amazing. He bowled with competitors more than 50 years his junior and was an avid golfer into his nineties. He took great pride in his bountiful garden, his home was always open, his table was filled with friends and the backyard ice rink he built was regularly, joyfully used by the neighborhood.
We wish to thank his friends for their love and support, and in particular Bette Beber, his nurse and friend of more than 50 years, for the excellent care of especially the last two years of his life.
A memorial service was held Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Ketola-Burla Funeral Home in Ironwood. The Rev. Mary Kilbourn-Huey officiated.
Online condolences may be sent to rangefsi@up.net.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in his memory to the charity of your choice.
He was born Nov. 4, 1915, to Lulu Hydar and George Albert at his home in Ironwood, and was one of 10 children.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 69 years, Dorothy MacKool Albert; his son, Samuel Albert, Jr.; his brothers, Albert, Mike, Ted, John, Jim, and Fred; and sister, Rosemarie.
He is survived by his sisters, Lucille Hurell and Lamese Davies; daughters, Susan Warshaw, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Kathleen and Allan Stam Jr., M.D., of Jackson, N.H., and Luanne Theslof, of Columbus, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1940 in medicine and surgery. He served in the Army during the war and returned to Ironwood to continue his practice for more than 70 years.
His remarkable talent, especially for diagnosis and careful attention to the highest standards of patient care, touched so many lives in the area. He brought children into the world, did life-saving surgeries and took such loving, thoughtful care of the thousands of patients he treated that he became physician, counselor and friend. In 2011, he was honored by the dean of the University of Michigan Medical School as Physician Emeritus for the excellence of his work and service to the community. He was simply a brilliant physician.
In medicine, he was ahead of his time. He was one of the first to insist on patients getting up on the first day after surgery or childbirth to prevent life threatening clots, now standard procedure and universally accepted. In the early '40s, he recognized the dangers of smoking and would not care for a pregnant woman unless she stopped smoking.
Almost equaled to his love of medicine, his beloved Dorothy and his family, was his passion for fly-fishing. Since childhood, he knew the bottom of every stream, the best spots, the secret trails, and his skill with a rod and reel was simply amazing. He bowled with competitors more than 50 years his junior and was an avid golfer into his nineties. He took great pride in his bountiful garden, his home was always open, his table was filled with friends and the backyard ice rink he built was regularly, joyfully used by the neighborhood.
We wish to thank his friends for their love and support, and in particular Bette Beber, his nurse and friend of more than 50 years, for the excellent care of especially the last two years of his life.
A memorial service was held Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Ketola-Burla Funeral Home in Ironwood. The Rev. Mary Kilbourn-Huey officiated.
Online condolences may be sent to rangefsi@up.net.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in his memory to the charity of your choice.
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DR. Sam Albert was a long time friend and supporter of Don Miller and a much respected man in the community. I would like to extend my sympathy and condolences to his family and friends.
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