Dr. Neal S. Simons
Dr. Neal Simons, 88, dies at Whitehall
WHITEHALL, Wis. — Dr Neal Simons, 88, Whitehall, died Wednesday, Nov. 2 (1977), in Tri-County Memorial Hospital.
He came to Whitehall following World War I and was one of the founders of the Whitehall Community Hospital and Clinic. In 1971, a new clinic building was dedicated in his honor.
Simons was born March 22, 1889. in the Town of Ettrick to Sedalph and Karine Simonson. He married Bernice Storley at Taylor on Nov. 12, 1924. He graduated from Gale College, Galesville, and, in 1914, from the University of Illinois Medical School. He was in the Army Medical Corps during World War I.
He specialized in ophthalmology and otolaryngology at the New York Postgraduate Hospital and Medical School and did clinical work in Vienna, Austria. He was certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in 1927.
He was a member of the American Medical Association, Wisconsin Medical Society, including its 50-year club, and was a charter member of the Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Ear, Nose and Throat Society. He also was a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
He retired from active practice in 1956 and returned on a part-time basis in 1960, retiring permanently in 1967. He was on the board of directors of Whitehall Community Hospital and Clinic.
He was a member of the Whitehall Masonic Lodge and Whitehall American Legion. Survivors are his wife; a daughter, Mrs James (Elizabeth) Pleier of Milwaukee; a grandson; and a brother, Albert of Austin, Minn.
Services will be at 10 a m Friday in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Whitehall, with the Revs. Richard Kelling and LaMoine Jacobs officiating Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Johnson and Jack Funeral Home, Whitehall. Thursday afternoon and evening, and at the church Friday from 9 a m. until the services.
(from the Nov. 3, 1977, La Crosse [Wis.] Tribune)
WHITEHALL, Wis. — Dr Neal Simons, 88, Whitehall, died Wednesday, Nov. 2 (1977), in Tri-County Memorial Hospital.
He came to Whitehall following World War I and was one of the founders of the Whitehall Community Hospital and Clinic. In 1971, a new clinic building was dedicated in his honor.
Simons was born March 22, 1889. in the Town of Ettrick to Sedalph and Karine Simonson. He married Bernice Storley at Taylor on Nov. 12, 1924. He graduated from Gale College, Galesville, and, in 1914, from the University of Illinois Medical School. He was in the Army Medical Corps during World War I.
He specialized in ophthalmology and otolaryngology at the New York Postgraduate Hospital and Medical School and did clinical work in Vienna, Austria. He was certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in 1927.
He was a member of the American Medical Association, Wisconsin Medical Society, including its 50-year club, and was a charter member of the Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Ear, Nose and Throat Society. He also was a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
He retired from active practice in 1956 and returned on a part-time basis in 1960, retiring permanently in 1967. He was on the board of directors of Whitehall Community Hospital and Clinic.
He was a member of the Whitehall Masonic Lodge and Whitehall American Legion. Survivors are his wife; a daughter, Mrs James (Elizabeth) Pleier of Milwaukee; a grandson; and a brother, Albert of Austin, Minn.
Services will be at 10 a m Friday in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Whitehall, with the Revs. Richard Kelling and LaMoine Jacobs officiating Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Johnson and Jack Funeral Home, Whitehall. Thursday afternoon and evening, and at the church Friday from 9 a m. until the services.
(from the Nov. 3, 1977, La Crosse [Wis.] Tribune)