Pediatrician, Dr. George M. Koseruba, 94, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2007, at his beloved New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where he had practiced medicine in Wilmington, N.C., for over 66 years.
Dr. Koseruba was born on April 6, 1913, in Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Russian immigrant parents, Metrophan Kozeruba and his wife Epistina Fedosenko. He is predeceased by his first wife, Bonnie Carey Sullivan; his brother, Nicholas H. Koseruba; his twin sister, Vera Johnson; and sisters, Marguerite Hillard and Sarah Heinrichs.
A graduate of Loma Linda University Medical School in California, he spent his entire adult life in Pediatrics, caring for the infants and children of Eastern North and South Carolina. A life-long member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and Rotary International, he received awards from the City of Wilmington and other organizations for his service to the children of Wilmington.
A longtime Wilmington pediatrician who came here from California almost 70 years ago to serve his internship and residency at James Walker Memorial Hospital. He never left. He worked at Babies Hospital in Wrightsville Beach and later opened his own pediatric office in Wilmington.
Children and their parents loved Dr. Koseruba; and he loved them. So much so that he didn't retire until he was 92, and that was two years ago. Dr. Koseruba contributed to this community not only as a physician; he was also active in his church, a distinguished Rotarian, a member of the Salvation Army Board of Directors, and participated with Meals on Wheels.
My first introduction to Dr. Koseruba was seeing him play the musical saw at a Rotary party, and I was stunned to learn that he started jumping out of planes on his 52nd birthday.
Dr. Koseruba is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; sons, Michael and David Koseruba; grandchildren, Emily Rosenfeld of Seoul, Korea, and Virginia Dube; and great granddaughter, Daphne Dube of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada; step-children, Linda Fipps and James Casteen of Wilmington; step-grandchildren, Angela Fisher of Durham, Christopher Fipps of Raleigh, Shannon Merkling of Wilmington; and step-great grandchildren, Cole Honeycutt and Forrest Fisher, also of Durham.
Dr. Koseruba was born on April 6, 1913, in Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Russian immigrant parents, Metrophan Kozeruba and his wife Epistina Fedosenko. He is predeceased by his first wife, Bonnie Carey Sullivan; his brother, Nicholas H. Koseruba; his twin sister, Vera Johnson; and sisters, Marguerite Hillard and Sarah Heinrichs.
A graduate of Loma Linda University Medical School in California, he spent his entire adult life in Pediatrics, caring for the infants and children of Eastern North and South Carolina. A life-long member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and Rotary International, he received awards from the City of Wilmington and other organizations for his service to the children of Wilmington.
A longtime Wilmington pediatrician who came here from California almost 70 years ago to serve his internship and residency at James Walker Memorial Hospital. He never left. He worked at Babies Hospital in Wrightsville Beach and later opened his own pediatric office in Wilmington.
Children and their parents loved Dr. Koseruba; and he loved them. So much so that he didn't retire until he was 92, and that was two years ago. Dr. Koseruba contributed to this community not only as a physician; he was also active in his church, a distinguished Rotarian, a member of the Salvation Army Board of Directors, and participated with Meals on Wheels.
My first introduction to Dr. Koseruba was seeing him play the musical saw at a Rotary party, and I was stunned to learn that he started jumping out of planes on his 52nd birthday.
Dr. Koseruba is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; sons, Michael and David Koseruba; grandchildren, Emily Rosenfeld of Seoul, Korea, and Virginia Dube; and great granddaughter, Daphne Dube of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada; step-children, Linda Fipps and James Casteen of Wilmington; step-grandchildren, Angela Fisher of Durham, Christopher Fipps of Raleigh, Shannon Merkling of Wilmington; and step-great grandchildren, Cole Honeycutt and Forrest Fisher, also of Durham.
Pediatrician, Dr. George M. Koseruba, 94, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2007, at his beloved New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where he had practiced medicine in Wilmington, N.C., for over 66 years.
Dr. Koseruba was born on April 6, 1913, in Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Russian immigrant parents, Metrophan Kozeruba and his wife Epistina Fedosenko. He is predeceased by his first wife, Bonnie Carey Sullivan; his brother, Nicholas H. Koseruba; his twin sister, Vera Johnson; and sisters, Marguerite Hillard and Sarah Heinrichs.
A graduate of Loma Linda University Medical School in California, he spent his entire adult life in Pediatrics, caring for the infants and children of Eastern North and South Carolina. A life-long member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and Rotary International, he received awards from the City of Wilmington and other organizations for his service to the children of Wilmington.
A longtime Wilmington pediatrician who came here from California almost 70 years ago to serve his internship and residency at James Walker Memorial Hospital. He never left. He worked at Babies Hospital in Wrightsville Beach and later opened his own pediatric office in Wilmington.
Children and their parents loved Dr. Koseruba; and he loved them. So much so that he didn't retire until he was 92, and that was two years ago. Dr. Koseruba contributed to this community not only as a physician; he was also active in his church, a distinguished Rotarian, a member of the Salvation Army Board of Directors, and participated with Meals on Wheels.
My first introduction to Dr. Koseruba was seeing him play the musical saw at a Rotary party, and I was stunned to learn that he started jumping out of planes on his 52nd birthday.
Dr. Koseruba is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; sons, Michael and David Koseruba; grandchildren, Emily Rosenfeld of Seoul, Korea, and Virginia Dube; and great granddaughter, Daphne Dube of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada; step-children, Linda Fipps and James Casteen of Wilmington; step-grandchildren, Angela Fisher of Durham, Christopher Fipps of Raleigh, Shannon Merkling of Wilmington; and step-great grandchildren, Cole Honeycutt and Forrest Fisher, also of Durham.
Dr. Koseruba was born on April 6, 1913, in Borden, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Russian immigrant parents, Metrophan Kozeruba and his wife Epistina Fedosenko. He is predeceased by his first wife, Bonnie Carey Sullivan; his brother, Nicholas H. Koseruba; his twin sister, Vera Johnson; and sisters, Marguerite Hillard and Sarah Heinrichs.
A graduate of Loma Linda University Medical School in California, he spent his entire adult life in Pediatrics, caring for the infants and children of Eastern North and South Carolina. A life-long member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and Rotary International, he received awards from the City of Wilmington and other organizations for his service to the children of Wilmington.
A longtime Wilmington pediatrician who came here from California almost 70 years ago to serve his internship and residency at James Walker Memorial Hospital. He never left. He worked at Babies Hospital in Wrightsville Beach and later opened his own pediatric office in Wilmington.
Children and their parents loved Dr. Koseruba; and he loved them. So much so that he didn't retire until he was 92, and that was two years ago. Dr. Koseruba contributed to this community not only as a physician; he was also active in his church, a distinguished Rotarian, a member of the Salvation Army Board of Directors, and participated with Meals on Wheels.
My first introduction to Dr. Koseruba was seeing him play the musical saw at a Rotary party, and I was stunned to learn that he started jumping out of planes on his 52nd birthday.
Dr. Koseruba is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; sons, Michael and David Koseruba; grandchildren, Emily Rosenfeld of Seoul, Korea, and Virginia Dube; and great granddaughter, Daphne Dube of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada; step-children, Linda Fipps and James Casteen of Wilmington; step-grandchildren, Angela Fisher of Durham, Christopher Fipps of Raleigh, Shannon Merkling of Wilmington; and step-great grandchildren, Cole Honeycutt and Forrest Fisher, also of Durham.
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