Dr debakey funeral

In a tribute that mixed praise and personal anecdotes, pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as not only a brilliant physician and medical innovator but also a friend and humanitarian. Many of the medical professionals among the 1, in attendance wore their surgical scrubs or white coats to honor the father of modern heart surgery, whose body also was dressed in doctor's garb. DeBakey died Friday at the age of During the two-hour service at a Catholic church in Houston, friends and colleagues detailed DeBakey's rise and called him one of the greatest doctors ever. Intermingled with those accolades were heartfelt stories of DeBakey's personal life, everything from his love of gumbo to his learning to play the clarinet in three months to his baby-sitting abilities.

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Lavere Frick and Romaine Fitzkee Frick. Roxanne earned her Bachelors Degree in Education from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in , teaching children with special educational needs in central Pennsylvania, followed by the Overbrook School for the Blind. She worked as a preschool and elementary education consultant in the Lakes Region area until joining the Sant Bani school community in Sanbornton, NH, where she worked for 25 years until retiring from education as a para-educator in the Inter-Lakes School District.

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