Dr. Frank L. Vrtiska of Corvallis died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 74. He was born in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He was an honor roll student every year in public school and was a four-year letterman in football and basketball at Pawnee High School in Pawnee City. In his senior year he was elected King of Pawnee High. He was drum major for the marching band and performed at the Nebraska State Fair. For his second appearance, he and his mother invented a "fire baton," the first ever used in the Midwest.
His pre-med schooling was at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln; he earned his medical degree at University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha, graduating in 1945. He joined Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity.
On January 9, 1944 he married Nina Marie Flood, his childhood sweetheart, in Omaha, Nebraska. They had two sons, Stephan Joseph and Timothy Francis, and one daughter, Roxanne Leslie.
He served his internship at Corpus Christi, Texas, Naval Hospital. He then served aboard the USS Winslow as the medical officer during World War II. After honorable discharge from the Navy, he became a family physician in St. Cloud, Minnesota. There he earned the affectionate name of "Dr. V." After five yard he returned to the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha to specialize in pathology. After the four-year residency, in 1956 he selected Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis because he would be the first pathologist to practice here. During his tenure, the laboratory expanded from one to four pathologists.
Dr. Vrtiska was board certified in both American Society of Clinical Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy, subsequently becoming a Fellow in both organizations. He retired from pathology in 1986 but continued an active interest in the laboratory, his family, his golf game, and protecting his flowers from the deer.
He was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters. He is survived by his wife, Nina Marie Flood Vrtiska; sons, Stephan Joseph Vrtiska of Hillsboro, Oregon and Dr. Timothy Francis Vrtiska of Longview, Washington; a daughter, Roxanne Leslie Boundy of Corvallis, Oregon; nine granddaughters; three grandsons; one great granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
His pre-med schooling was at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln; he earned his medical degree at University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha, graduating in 1945. He joined Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity.
On January 9, 1944 he married Nina Marie Flood, his childhood sweetheart, in Omaha, Nebraska. They had two sons, Stephan Joseph and Timothy Francis, and one daughter, Roxanne Leslie.
He served his internship at Corpus Christi, Texas, Naval Hospital. He then served aboard the USS Winslow as the medical officer during World War II. After honorable discharge from the Navy, he became a family physician in St. Cloud, Minnesota. There he earned the affectionate name of "Dr. V." After five yard he returned to the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha to specialize in pathology. After the four-year residency, in 1956 he selected Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis because he would be the first pathologist to practice here. During his tenure, the laboratory expanded from one to four pathologists.
Dr. Vrtiska was board certified in both American Society of Clinical Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy, subsequently becoming a Fellow in both organizations. He retired from pathology in 1986 but continued an active interest in the laboratory, his family, his golf game, and protecting his flowers from the deer.
He was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters. He is survived by his wife, Nina Marie Flood Vrtiska; sons, Stephan Joseph Vrtiska of Hillsboro, Oregon and Dr. Timothy Francis Vrtiska of Longview, Washington; a daughter, Roxanne Leslie Boundy of Corvallis, Oregon; nine granddaughters; three grandsons; one great granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
Dr. Frank L. Vrtiska of Corvallis died Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 74. He was born in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He was an honor roll student every year in public school and was a four-year letterman in football and basketball at Pawnee High School in Pawnee City. In his senior year he was elected King of Pawnee High. He was drum major for the marching band and performed at the Nebraska State Fair. For his second appearance, he and his mother invented a "fire baton," the first ever used in the Midwest.
His pre-med schooling was at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln; he earned his medical degree at University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha, graduating in 1945. He joined Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity.
On January 9, 1944 he married Nina Marie Flood, his childhood sweetheart, in Omaha, Nebraska. They had two sons, Stephan Joseph and Timothy Francis, and one daughter, Roxanne Leslie.
He served his internship at Corpus Christi, Texas, Naval Hospital. He then served aboard the USS Winslow as the medical officer during World War II. After honorable discharge from the Navy, he became a family physician in St. Cloud, Minnesota. There he earned the affectionate name of "Dr. V." After five yard he returned to the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha to specialize in pathology. After the four-year residency, in 1956 he selected Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis because he would be the first pathologist to practice here. During his tenure, the laboratory expanded from one to four pathologists.
Dr. Vrtiska was board certified in both American Society of Clinical Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy, subsequently becoming a Fellow in both organizations. He retired from pathology in 1986 but continued an active interest in the laboratory, his family, his golf game, and protecting his flowers from the deer.
He was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters. He is survived by his wife, Nina Marie Flood Vrtiska; sons, Stephan Joseph Vrtiska of Hillsboro, Oregon and Dr. Timothy Francis Vrtiska of Longview, Washington; a daughter, Roxanne Leslie Boundy of Corvallis, Oregon; nine granddaughters; three grandsons; one great granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
His pre-med schooling was at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln; he earned his medical degree at University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha, graduating in 1945. He joined Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity.
On January 9, 1944 he married Nina Marie Flood, his childhood sweetheart, in Omaha, Nebraska. They had two sons, Stephan Joseph and Timothy Francis, and one daughter, Roxanne Leslie.
He served his internship at Corpus Christi, Texas, Naval Hospital. He then served aboard the USS Winslow as the medical officer during World War II. After honorable discharge from the Navy, he became a family physician in St. Cloud, Minnesota. There he earned the affectionate name of "Dr. V." After five yard he returned to the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha to specialize in pathology. After the four-year residency, in 1956 he selected Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis because he would be the first pathologist to practice here. During his tenure, the laboratory expanded from one to four pathologists.
Dr. Vrtiska was board certified in both American Society of Clinical Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy, subsequently becoming a Fellow in both organizations. He retired from pathology in 1986 but continued an active interest in the laboratory, his family, his golf game, and protecting his flowers from the deer.
He was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters. He is survived by his wife, Nina Marie Flood Vrtiska; sons, Stephan Joseph Vrtiska of Hillsboro, Oregon and Dr. Timothy Francis Vrtiska of Longview, Washington; a daughter, Roxanne Leslie Boundy of Corvallis, Oregon; nine granddaughters; three grandsons; one great granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
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