LT US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
Obituary:
Having lived a life that was rich beyond measure, Dr. Richard E. Zimmerman died peacefully in the company of his family on June 12, 2009. He was born on the South Dakota prairie, and migrated with his family to Santa Rosa, California in 1930, during the depths of the Great Depression. Growing up in Santa Rosa, he learned to raise chickens, worked hard to augment the family income, and dreamed of becoming a doctor. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1941and attended Santa Rosa Junior College. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy V-12 program at the beginning of World War II, which sent him to the University of the Pacific and the University of Southern California, where he met his future wife, Catherine Ruby Yost, and was awarded his M.D. degree. He and Catherine came to Fairfield in 1950, to run the Solano County Hospital with his friend Dr. Leroy Howlett. He entered into private practice at Fairfield Clinic with Drs. Ben Smith and Peter Gauder in 1951, creating the seed of what would become the Solano Regional Medical Group, now an affiliate of the Sutter Regional Medical Foundation. Recalled to active duty with the U.S. Navy in 1952, he served as the chief medical officer of a destroyer squadron based at Pearl Harbor and was deployed to the Western Pacific during the Korean War and off the coast of Indochina during the battle for Dien Bien Phu. After the Korean War, he returned to his practice at Fairfield Clinic. During his long medical career in Fairfield, he served as Chief of Staff of Fairfield Hospital, helped finance and build Intercommunity Hospital (now known as North Bay Medical Center), and pursued his lifetime advocacy of compassionate medical care. Still making house calls and visiting patients in 2008, he was the recipient of the Frederick K.M. Plessner Award honoring the California physician who best exemplifies the practice and ethics of a rural practitioner, by the California Medical Association. He was also recognized for his medical contributions to the State of California in 1995 by State Senate Resolution No. 2066. He received the Physician Leadership Award from the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation in 2002, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Solano County Medical Society. In 2008, the Solano Regional medical Group re-named its annual Physician of Distinction Award in honor of Dr. Zimmerman.
When not practicing medicine, Dr. Zimmerman enjoyed the arts, good food, fine wine, and pleasant conversations with friends and family. He was a contributing member of the Christianson Society for San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the California Academy of Sciences, and an active member of the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield. An avid traveler, he loved to visit New York, Paris and London, as well as more exotic destinations that allowed him to ride elephants the jungles of Thailand and scuba dive on the ghost fleet lying at the bottom of Truk Lagoon.
He is survived by Catherine, his loving and devoted wife of 63 years, his son Richard, daughter Christine and grandchildren Emily and Peter, and many, many dear friends and colleagues.
Services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday June 24, 2009 at the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield to celebrate the man, doctor, husband, father and grandfather who served us all, with genuine dedication, compassion and unconditional love.
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
Obituary:
Having lived a life that was rich beyond measure, Dr. Richard E. Zimmerman died peacefully in the company of his family on June 12, 2009. He was born on the South Dakota prairie, and migrated with his family to Santa Rosa, California in 1930, during the depths of the Great Depression. Growing up in Santa Rosa, he learned to raise chickens, worked hard to augment the family income, and dreamed of becoming a doctor. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1941and attended Santa Rosa Junior College. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy V-12 program at the beginning of World War II, which sent him to the University of the Pacific and the University of Southern California, where he met his future wife, Catherine Ruby Yost, and was awarded his M.D. degree. He and Catherine came to Fairfield in 1950, to run the Solano County Hospital with his friend Dr. Leroy Howlett. He entered into private practice at Fairfield Clinic with Drs. Ben Smith and Peter Gauder in 1951, creating the seed of what would become the Solano Regional Medical Group, now an affiliate of the Sutter Regional Medical Foundation. Recalled to active duty with the U.S. Navy in 1952, he served as the chief medical officer of a destroyer squadron based at Pearl Harbor and was deployed to the Western Pacific during the Korean War and off the coast of Indochina during the battle for Dien Bien Phu. After the Korean War, he returned to his practice at Fairfield Clinic. During his long medical career in Fairfield, he served as Chief of Staff of Fairfield Hospital, helped finance and build Intercommunity Hospital (now known as North Bay Medical Center), and pursued his lifetime advocacy of compassionate medical care. Still making house calls and visiting patients in 2008, he was the recipient of the Frederick K.M. Plessner Award honoring the California physician who best exemplifies the practice and ethics of a rural practitioner, by the California Medical Association. He was also recognized for his medical contributions to the State of California in 1995 by State Senate Resolution No. 2066. He received the Physician Leadership Award from the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation in 2002, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Solano County Medical Society. In 2008, the Solano Regional medical Group re-named its annual Physician of Distinction Award in honor of Dr. Zimmerman.
When not practicing medicine, Dr. Zimmerman enjoyed the arts, good food, fine wine, and pleasant conversations with friends and family. He was a contributing member of the Christianson Society for San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the California Academy of Sciences, and an active member of the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield. An avid traveler, he loved to visit New York, Paris and London, as well as more exotic destinations that allowed him to ride elephants the jungles of Thailand and scuba dive on the ghost fleet lying at the bottom of Truk Lagoon.
He is survived by Catherine, his loving and devoted wife of 63 years, his son Richard, daughter Christine and grandchildren Emily and Peter, and many, many dear friends and colleagues.
Services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday June 24, 2009 at the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield to celebrate the man, doctor, husband, father and grandfather who served us all, with genuine dedication, compassion and unconditional love.
LT US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
Obituary:
Having lived a life that was rich beyond measure, Dr. Richard E. Zimmerman died peacefully in the company of his family on June 12, 2009. He was born on the South Dakota prairie, and migrated with his family to Santa Rosa, California in 1930, during the depths of the Great Depression. Growing up in Santa Rosa, he learned to raise chickens, worked hard to augment the family income, and dreamed of becoming a doctor. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1941and attended Santa Rosa Junior College. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy V-12 program at the beginning of World War II, which sent him to the University of the Pacific and the University of Southern California, where he met his future wife, Catherine Ruby Yost, and was awarded his M.D. degree. He and Catherine came to Fairfield in 1950, to run the Solano County Hospital with his friend Dr. Leroy Howlett. He entered into private practice at Fairfield Clinic with Drs. Ben Smith and Peter Gauder in 1951, creating the seed of what would become the Solano Regional Medical Group, now an affiliate of the Sutter Regional Medical Foundation. Recalled to active duty with the U.S. Navy in 1952, he served as the chief medical officer of a destroyer squadron based at Pearl Harbor and was deployed to the Western Pacific during the Korean War and off the coast of Indochina during the battle for Dien Bien Phu. After the Korean War, he returned to his practice at Fairfield Clinic. During his long medical career in Fairfield, he served as Chief of Staff of Fairfield Hospital, helped finance and build Intercommunity Hospital (now known as North Bay Medical Center), and pursued his lifetime advocacy of compassionate medical care. Still making house calls and visiting patients in 2008, he was the recipient of the Frederick K.M. Plessner Award honoring the California physician who best exemplifies the practice and ethics of a rural practitioner, by the California Medical Association. He was also recognized for his medical contributions to the State of California in 1995 by State Senate Resolution No. 2066. He received the Physician Leadership Award from the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation in 2002, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Solano County Medical Society. In 2008, the Solano Regional medical Group re-named its annual Physician of Distinction Award in honor of Dr. Zimmerman.
When not practicing medicine, Dr. Zimmerman enjoyed the arts, good food, fine wine, and pleasant conversations with friends and family. He was a contributing member of the Christianson Society for San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the California Academy of Sciences, and an active member of the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield. An avid traveler, he loved to visit New York, Paris and London, as well as more exotic destinations that allowed him to ride elephants the jungles of Thailand and scuba dive on the ghost fleet lying at the bottom of Truk Lagoon.
He is survived by Catherine, his loving and devoted wife of 63 years, his son Richard, daughter Christine and grandchildren Emily and Peter, and many, many dear friends and colleagues.
Services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday June 24, 2009 at the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield to celebrate the man, doctor, husband, father and grandfather who served us all, with genuine dedication, compassion and unconditional love.
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
Obituary:
Having lived a life that was rich beyond measure, Dr. Richard E. Zimmerman died peacefully in the company of his family on June 12, 2009. He was born on the South Dakota prairie, and migrated with his family to Santa Rosa, California in 1930, during the depths of the Great Depression. Growing up in Santa Rosa, he learned to raise chickens, worked hard to augment the family income, and dreamed of becoming a doctor. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1941and attended Santa Rosa Junior College. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy V-12 program at the beginning of World War II, which sent him to the University of the Pacific and the University of Southern California, where he met his future wife, Catherine Ruby Yost, and was awarded his M.D. degree. He and Catherine came to Fairfield in 1950, to run the Solano County Hospital with his friend Dr. Leroy Howlett. He entered into private practice at Fairfield Clinic with Drs. Ben Smith and Peter Gauder in 1951, creating the seed of what would become the Solano Regional Medical Group, now an affiliate of the Sutter Regional Medical Foundation. Recalled to active duty with the U.S. Navy in 1952, he served as the chief medical officer of a destroyer squadron based at Pearl Harbor and was deployed to the Western Pacific during the Korean War and off the coast of Indochina during the battle for Dien Bien Phu. After the Korean War, he returned to his practice at Fairfield Clinic. During his long medical career in Fairfield, he served as Chief of Staff of Fairfield Hospital, helped finance and build Intercommunity Hospital (now known as North Bay Medical Center), and pursued his lifetime advocacy of compassionate medical care. Still making house calls and visiting patients in 2008, he was the recipient of the Frederick K.M. Plessner Award honoring the California physician who best exemplifies the practice and ethics of a rural practitioner, by the California Medical Association. He was also recognized for his medical contributions to the State of California in 1995 by State Senate Resolution No. 2066. He received the Physician Leadership Award from the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation in 2002, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Solano County Medical Society. In 2008, the Solano Regional medical Group re-named its annual Physician of Distinction Award in honor of Dr. Zimmerman.
When not practicing medicine, Dr. Zimmerman enjoyed the arts, good food, fine wine, and pleasant conversations with friends and family. He was a contributing member of the Christianson Society for San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the California Academy of Sciences, and an active member of the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield. An avid traveler, he loved to visit New York, Paris and London, as well as more exotic destinations that allowed him to ride elephants the jungles of Thailand and scuba dive on the ghost fleet lying at the bottom of Truk Lagoon.
He is survived by Catherine, his loving and devoted wife of 63 years, his son Richard, daughter Christine and grandchildren Emily and Peter, and many, many dear friends and colleagues.
Services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday June 24, 2009 at the Community United Methodist Church in Fairfield to celebrate the man, doctor, husband, father and grandfather who served us all, with genuine dedication, compassion and unconditional love.
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