Samuel LaVerne Eng ’58
Samuel LaVerne Eng ’58 died July 24, 2022. He specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
Robert S. Smith ’57
Robert S. Smith ’57 died July 23, 2022. He specialized in family medicine.
Gordon D. Lewis ’72
June 16, 1947 – July 20, 2022 Gordon D. Lewis ’72 was born in Billings, Montana, on June 16, 1947, and passed away July 20, 2022, in Nampa, Idaho, at the age of 75. His passing was unexpected, yet peaceful. Known to many as “Spike,” he was born to parents Elder Morris Lewis and Barbara…
Merlin E. Woesner ’47
Merlin E. Woesner ’47 was born March 5, 1924, in Manila, Philippines, to missionary parents and died July 3, 2022, in Chino Hills, California. Dr. Woesner attended Union College and then the College of Medical Evangelists, graduating in 1947. Following completion of his Army service at the end of World War II, he did his…
Ernest W. Beehler Jr. ’53-A
Ernest W. Beehler Jr. ’53-A was born Dec. 3, 1925, and passed away peacefully on June 21, 2022. He finished high school in South Bend and attended Andrews University. He married Helyne Nelson in 1948, and they had four children over the next 12 years. Dr. Beehler graduated from medical school at Loma Linda University…
Robert J. Berecz ’66
Robert J. Berecz ’66 passed away June 7, 2022, at age 81. He was born in Chicago in 1940 to Hungarian parents who arrived on Ellis Island less than 20 years earlier. When he was 6 years old, the family purchased a 180-acre dairy farm in central Wisconsin. He grew up working on the farm…
George T. Harding IV ’53-B
January 13, 1929 – June 3, 2022 Dr. George Tryon Harding IV died peacefully in his sleep holding the hand of his beloved wife, Joan Harding, at his Loma Linda, California, home in the early morning of June 3, 2022. The eldest son of George T. Harding III ’28 and Mary Virginia Woolley Harding, Dr.…
John W. Mace ’64
July 9, 1938 – May 25, 2022 Longtime Loma Linda University School of Medicine (LLUSM) faculty member John W. Mace ’64 passed away peacefully on May 25, 2022, surrounded by family. Dr. Mace was born at home in Buena Vista, Virginia, the only son in a family of seven sisters. He earned a BA degree…
Leonard S. Kuninobu ’57
Leonard S. Kuninobu ’57 died May 15, 2022. He specialized in ophthalmology.
Sterling J. Ryerson ’61
Sterling J. Ryerson ’61 was born June 15, 1934, and died May 4, 2022. He specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.