Dr. Hugh Henry Trout Jr., retired chief of surgical service at Community Hospital, died Wednesday in Miami, Fla. Trout, who was 77, suffered a stroke in the Grand Cayman Islands Monday.
A longtime, prominent Roanoke surgeon, Trout had been chief of staff and of surgical service at the old Jefferson Hospital. He founded the Jefferson Surgical Clinic in 1956. He retired in 1985 after almost 40 years of surgical practice in Roanoke.
His father, Dr. Hugh H. Trout, founded Jefferson Hospital in 1907 and was its head until his death in 1950.
Trout had been president of the Roanoke Academy of Medicine, Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons and the Virginia Surgical Society. He was a founding member of the state society.
He had been a member of Southern Surgical Association, James Ewing Society of cancer specialists, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society and Southwest Virginia Medical Society.
He had been president of Central YMCA, a director of Community Hospital, the Salvation Army and Roanoke Symphony Society and senior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church. He was instrumental in starting Roanoke's Sister City program with Wonju, Korea.
He served in the Army in the southwest Pacific in World War II and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel.
A Roanoke native and a great-grandson of Charles L. Cocke, founder of Hollins College, he was a graduate of Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He had been a member of the Johns Hopkins National Resources Committee.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia Dawson Trout; daughter, Page Ciordia, Pensacola, Fla.; sons, Dr. Hugh H. Trout III and Robert P. Trout, both of Washington; sister, Leonora Bolster, Roanoke; half-sister, Alice Hagan, Roanoke; half-brother, Albert Trout, Baltimore; stepmother, Alice G. Trout, Roanoke; stepdaughter, Betsy Ivey, Asheville, N.C.; stepsons, Richard Lynn and Robert L. Lynn III, both of Roanoke; and 14 grandchildren. His first wife, Elizabeth Broun Trout, died in 1971.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church. Private burial will be at the Cocke family cemetery at Hollins College.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, St. John's Episcopal Church or Episcopal High School.
Roanoke Times, VA, Feb. 15, 1990
At Roanoke, April 6, 1940 married Elizabeth Page Broun
At Roanoke, Sept. 28, 1974 married Mary Virginia Dawson Lynn
A longtime, prominent Roanoke surgeon, Trout had been chief of staff and of surgical service at the old Jefferson Hospital. He founded the Jefferson Surgical Clinic in 1956. He retired in 1985 after almost 40 years of surgical practice in Roanoke.
His father, Dr. Hugh H. Trout, founded Jefferson Hospital in 1907 and was its head until his death in 1950.
Trout had been president of the Roanoke Academy of Medicine, Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons and the Virginia Surgical Society. He was a founding member of the state society.
He had been a member of Southern Surgical Association, James Ewing Society of cancer specialists, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society and Southwest Virginia Medical Society.
He had been president of Central YMCA, a director of Community Hospital, the Salvation Army and Roanoke Symphony Society and senior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church. He was instrumental in starting Roanoke's Sister City program with Wonju, Korea.
He served in the Army in the southwest Pacific in World War II and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel.
A Roanoke native and a great-grandson of Charles L. Cocke, founder of Hollins College, he was a graduate of Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He had been a member of the Johns Hopkins National Resources Committee.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia Dawson Trout; daughter, Page Ciordia, Pensacola, Fla.; sons, Dr. Hugh H. Trout III and Robert P. Trout, both of Washington; sister, Leonora Bolster, Roanoke; half-sister, Alice Hagan, Roanoke; half-brother, Albert Trout, Baltimore; stepmother, Alice G. Trout, Roanoke; stepdaughter, Betsy Ivey, Asheville, N.C.; stepsons, Richard Lynn and Robert L. Lynn III, both of Roanoke; and 14 grandchildren. His first wife, Elizabeth Broun Trout, died in 1971.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church. Private burial will be at the Cocke family cemetery at Hollins College.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, St. John's Episcopal Church or Episcopal High School.
Roanoke Times, VA, Feb. 15, 1990
At Roanoke, April 6, 1940 married Elizabeth Page Broun
At Roanoke, Sept. 28, 1974 married Mary Virginia Dawson Lynn
Dr. Hugh Henry Trout Jr., retired chief of surgical service at Community Hospital, died Wednesday in Miami, Fla. Trout, who was 77, suffered a stroke in the Grand Cayman Islands Monday.
A longtime, prominent Roanoke surgeon, Trout had been chief of staff and of surgical service at the old Jefferson Hospital. He founded the Jefferson Surgical Clinic in 1956. He retired in 1985 after almost 40 years of surgical practice in Roanoke.
His father, Dr. Hugh H. Trout, founded Jefferson Hospital in 1907 and was its head until his death in 1950.
Trout had been president of the Roanoke Academy of Medicine, Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons and the Virginia Surgical Society. He was a founding member of the state society.
He had been a member of Southern Surgical Association, James Ewing Society of cancer specialists, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society and Southwest Virginia Medical Society.
He had been president of Central YMCA, a director of Community Hospital, the Salvation Army and Roanoke Symphony Society and senior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church. He was instrumental in starting Roanoke's Sister City program with Wonju, Korea.
He served in the Army in the southwest Pacific in World War II and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel.
A Roanoke native and a great-grandson of Charles L. Cocke, founder of Hollins College, he was a graduate of Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He had been a member of the Johns Hopkins National Resources Committee.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia Dawson Trout; daughter, Page Ciordia, Pensacola, Fla.; sons, Dr. Hugh H. Trout III and Robert P. Trout, both of Washington; sister, Leonora Bolster, Roanoke; half-sister, Alice Hagan, Roanoke; half-brother, Albert Trout, Baltimore; stepmother, Alice G. Trout, Roanoke; stepdaughter, Betsy Ivey, Asheville, N.C.; stepsons, Richard Lynn and Robert L. Lynn III, both of Roanoke; and 14 grandchildren. His first wife, Elizabeth Broun Trout, died in 1971.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church. Private burial will be at the Cocke family cemetery at Hollins College.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, St. John's Episcopal Church or Episcopal High School.
Roanoke Times, VA, Feb. 15, 1990
At Roanoke, April 6, 1940 married Elizabeth Page Broun
At Roanoke, Sept. 28, 1974 married Mary Virginia Dawson Lynn
A longtime, prominent Roanoke surgeon, Trout had been chief of staff and of surgical service at the old Jefferson Hospital. He founded the Jefferson Surgical Clinic in 1956. He retired in 1985 after almost 40 years of surgical practice in Roanoke.
His father, Dr. Hugh H. Trout, founded Jefferson Hospital in 1907 and was its head until his death in 1950.
Trout had been president of the Roanoke Academy of Medicine, Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons and the Virginia Surgical Society. He was a founding member of the state society.
He had been a member of Southern Surgical Association, James Ewing Society of cancer specialists, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Virginia Medical Society and Southwest Virginia Medical Society.
He had been president of Central YMCA, a director of Community Hospital, the Salvation Army and Roanoke Symphony Society and senior warden at St. John's Episcopal Church. He was instrumental in starting Roanoke's Sister City program with Wonju, Korea.
He served in the Army in the southwest Pacific in World War II and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel.
A Roanoke native and a great-grandson of Charles L. Cocke, founder of Hollins College, he was a graduate of Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He had been a member of the Johns Hopkins National Resources Committee.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia Dawson Trout; daughter, Page Ciordia, Pensacola, Fla.; sons, Dr. Hugh H. Trout III and Robert P. Trout, both of Washington; sister, Leonora Bolster, Roanoke; half-sister, Alice Hagan, Roanoke; half-brother, Albert Trout, Baltimore; stepmother, Alice G. Trout, Roanoke; stepdaughter, Betsy Ivey, Asheville, N.C.; stepsons, Richard Lynn and Robert L. Lynn III, both of Roanoke; and 14 grandchildren. His first wife, Elizabeth Broun Trout, died in 1971.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church. Private burial will be at the Cocke family cemetery at Hollins College.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, St. John's Episcopal Church or Episcopal High School.
Roanoke Times, VA, Feb. 15, 1990
At Roanoke, April 6, 1940 married Elizabeth Page Broun
At Roanoke, Sept. 28, 1974 married Mary Virginia Dawson Lynn
