Rochester, Minn. - A memorial service for Dr. Leonard Aaro, former senior consultant at Mayo Clinic, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Charter House, with the Rev. Gary Benson and intern pastor Eric Anspach-Hanson, co-officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Dr. Aaro, 79, died early Sunday (Dec. 11, 2005).
He was born Feb. 22, 1926, in Aberdeen, S.D. He attended Northern State University and transferred to Northwestern University Medical School where he received his bachelor's degree and, in 1950, his doctorate of medicine.
He married Elizabeth Ann Pittenger in Aberdeen on June 23, 1949.
He interned at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago and served three years in the Air Force. In 1954, he began a fellowship at Mayo and remained at the clinic as an obstetrician and gynecologist from 1957 until retiring in 1992.
He was a pioneer in ultrasound, introducing the clinical use of two-dimensional diagnostic ultrasound at Mayo. He also developed a technique to evaluate infertility problems using fluoroscopy. In 1975, he was appointed vice chairman of the obstetrics-gynecology department. In 1985, he was named chairman of the section.
He served as president of the Minnesota Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society, the Fitzgerald Society and belonged to numerous professional organizations. He served on the Rochester School Board from 1964 to 1975, was active in Rotary and was a member of Zumbro Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Karl (Annelise) of Stillwater, Minn., and Thomas (Karen) of Weston, Conn.; three daughters, Jean (David Stiller) Aaro of Hotchkiss, Colo., Elizabeth (Robert) Boyd of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kathy Aaro of Greeley, Colo.; and five grandchildren.
Published in the Aberdeen News on 12/15/2005.
He was born Feb. 22, 1926, in Aberdeen, S.D. He attended Northern State University and transferred to Northwestern University Medical School where he received his bachelor's degree and, in 1950, his doctorate of medicine.
He married Elizabeth Ann Pittenger in Aberdeen on June 23, 1949.
He interned at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago and served three years in the Air Force. In 1954, he began a fellowship at Mayo and remained at the clinic as an obstetrician and gynecologist from 1957 until retiring in 1992.
He was a pioneer in ultrasound, introducing the clinical use of two-dimensional diagnostic ultrasound at Mayo. He also developed a technique to evaluate infertility problems using fluoroscopy. In 1975, he was appointed vice chairman of the obstetrics-gynecology department. In 1985, he was named chairman of the section.
He served as president of the Minnesota Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society, the Fitzgerald Society and belonged to numerous professional organizations. He served on the Rochester School Board from 1964 to 1975, was active in Rotary and was a member of Zumbro Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Karl (Annelise) of Stillwater, Minn., and Thomas (Karen) of Weston, Conn.; three daughters, Jean (David Stiller) Aaro of Hotchkiss, Colo., Elizabeth (Robert) Boyd of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kathy Aaro of Greeley, Colo.; and five grandchildren.
Published in the Aberdeen News on 12/15/2005.
Rochester, Minn. - A memorial service for Dr. Leonard Aaro, former senior consultant at Mayo Clinic, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Charter House, with the Rev. Gary Benson and intern pastor Eric Anspach-Hanson, co-officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Dr. Aaro, 79, died early Sunday (Dec. 11, 2005).
He was born Feb. 22, 1926, in Aberdeen, S.D. He attended Northern State University and transferred to Northwestern University Medical School where he received his bachelor's degree and, in 1950, his doctorate of medicine.
He married Elizabeth Ann Pittenger in Aberdeen on June 23, 1949.
He interned at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago and served three years in the Air Force. In 1954, he began a fellowship at Mayo and remained at the clinic as an obstetrician and gynecologist from 1957 until retiring in 1992.
He was a pioneer in ultrasound, introducing the clinical use of two-dimensional diagnostic ultrasound at Mayo. He also developed a technique to evaluate infertility problems using fluoroscopy. In 1975, he was appointed vice chairman of the obstetrics-gynecology department. In 1985, he was named chairman of the section.
He served as president of the Minnesota Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society, the Fitzgerald Society and belonged to numerous professional organizations. He served on the Rochester School Board from 1964 to 1975, was active in Rotary and was a member of Zumbro Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Karl (Annelise) of Stillwater, Minn., and Thomas (Karen) of Weston, Conn.; three daughters, Jean (David Stiller) Aaro of Hotchkiss, Colo., Elizabeth (Robert) Boyd of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kathy Aaro of Greeley, Colo.; and five grandchildren.
Published in the Aberdeen News on 12/15/2005.
He was born Feb. 22, 1926, in Aberdeen, S.D. He attended Northern State University and transferred to Northwestern University Medical School where he received his bachelor's degree and, in 1950, his doctorate of medicine.
He married Elizabeth Ann Pittenger in Aberdeen on June 23, 1949.
He interned at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago and served three years in the Air Force. In 1954, he began a fellowship at Mayo and remained at the clinic as an obstetrician and gynecologist from 1957 until retiring in 1992.
He was a pioneer in ultrasound, introducing the clinical use of two-dimensional diagnostic ultrasound at Mayo. He also developed a technique to evaluate infertility problems using fluoroscopy. In 1975, he was appointed vice chairman of the obstetrics-gynecology department. In 1985, he was named chairman of the section.
He served as president of the Minnesota Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society, the Fitzgerald Society and belonged to numerous professional organizations. He served on the Rochester School Board from 1964 to 1975, was active in Rotary and was a member of Zumbro Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Karl (Annelise) of Stillwater, Minn., and Thomas (Karen) of Weston, Conn.; three daughters, Jean (David Stiller) Aaro of Hotchkiss, Colo., Elizabeth (Robert) Boyd of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kathy Aaro of Greeley, Colo.; and five grandchildren.
Published in the Aberdeen News on 12/15/2005.
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