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Douglas Winfield Detwiler

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Douglas Winfield Detwiler

Birth
Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Death
16 Sep 1961 (aged 99–100)
California, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Dr. Detwiler
Douglas Winfield Detwiler, MD, father of the late Col. H. P. Detwiler of Monterey, Ca., died September 16, 1961 at the home of his daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Detwiler, at 20 Sierra Vista Dr, Monterrey, Ca.
Dr. Detwiler, a retired physician, passed his 100th birthday, Aug. 19.
He was born in 1861 on a farm near Bonaparte, Iowa. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Iowa in 1889. He married Frances Putnam in 1890 and the couple had three children, two daughters who died in infancy, and a son, Col. Detwiler, who died in 1952.
Dr. Detwiler practiced in Moravia and Oakaloose, Iowa, then at El Paso, Texas, for 14 years. He also served on the staff of the veterans hospital at Tucson, Arizone for 11 years.
Following the death of his wife in 1943, Dr. Detwiler lived with his son and daughter-in-law. He is survived by two grandchildren, Lt. Col. R. P. Detwiler of San Antonio, Texas and Col. D. A. Detwiler of Long Island, N. Y.; three great granddaughters and one great grandson.
Dr. Detwiler
Douglas Winfield Detwiler, MD, father of the late Col. H. P. Detwiler of Monterey, Ca., died September 16, 1961 at the home of his daughter-in-law, Margaret A. Detwiler, at 20 Sierra Vista Dr, Monterrey, Ca.
Dr. Detwiler, a retired physician, passed his 100th birthday, Aug. 19.
He was born in 1861 on a farm near Bonaparte, Iowa. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Iowa in 1889. He married Frances Putnam in 1890 and the couple had three children, two daughters who died in infancy, and a son, Col. Detwiler, who died in 1952.
Dr. Detwiler practiced in Moravia and Oakaloose, Iowa, then at El Paso, Texas, for 14 years. He also served on the staff of the veterans hospital at Tucson, Arizone for 11 years.
Following the death of his wife in 1943, Dr. Detwiler lived with his son and daughter-in-law. He is survived by two grandchildren, Lt. Col. R. P. Detwiler of San Antonio, Texas and Col. D. A. Detwiler of Long Island, N. Y.; three great granddaughters and one great grandson.


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