Franklin Alexander “Frank” Lowe was born on February 16, 1890 on a ranch in Lowes Canyon east of San Miguel, California. Frank was delivered at home by his grandmother, Matilda Rhodes Jones. In later life, she went back to school (at about the age of 60), became a nurse-midwife, and thereafter made a living for herself by delivering babies. Frank was to later go into medicine himself and become a doctor. Perhaps, his grandmother helped to inspire him to do so.
As a boy, Frank was known as "Alex". He was the 3rd of seven children born to the following couple:
1. Frank E. Lowe. (1815 – 1913). Frank was a rancher.
2. Caroline Belle “Carrie” Jones Lowe. (1863 – 1945). Carrie was a school teacher.
Working on a ranch and learning how to use tools and to repair farm equipment was invaluable to Frank. These were skills he built upon later in life when, as an orthopedic surgeon, he developed new medical instruments and new surgical techniques which made it possible for surgeons to better treat their patients. Frank’s reputation for innovation was such that surgeons still recognize his name today, decades after his retirement and subsequent death. Frank published many papers in professional journals which can now be accessed via the internet.
Frank graduated from the southern branch of the University of California in the 1920s. By the 1930s, he had become the Chief of the Orthopedic Section at French Hospital in San Francisco. He often collaborated with other surgeons in pioneering new medical procedures and in publishing the results. One such surgeon was his cousin (by marriage), Dr. Ethan H. Smith.
Dr. Frank married Grace A. Gay before 1923. Grace was the youngest daughter of Civil War veteran Henry Calvin Gay and his wife Mary C. Scott of San Francisco. Dr. Frank and Grace lived in the City during the 1920s and the 1930s. They then moved to nearby San Rafael in Marin County where they lived in the 1940s, 50s and 60s -- and were active in community affairs. Grace died April 3, 1970 in Marin County. Her body is buried at Cyprus Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California in a section with several relatives. She listed her birth date in later years as June 2, 1898 but the correct year could have been as much as 10 years earlier.
Dr. Lowe remarried at the age of 81. His second wife was Myra Grebe Faraday McKinley, a retired nurse administrator with an impressive career as a gerontology specialist. They were married on November 7, 1971 in Reno, Nevada. They made their home in San Francisco and maintained a vacation house in San Miguel, California.
Dr. Lowe died on February 7, 1981 in San Francisco at the age of 90 from diabetic complications. He suffered from dementia during his last three years. His ashes were scattered over the ranch he was raised upon in Lowes Canyon in northern San Luis Obispo County.
Dr. Lowe saved or improved the lives of many children during the course of his medical career. But he had no children of his own.
As a boy, Frank was known as "Alex". He was the 3rd of seven children born to the following couple:
1. Frank E. Lowe. (1815 – 1913). Frank was a rancher.
2. Caroline Belle “Carrie” Jones Lowe. (1863 – 1945). Carrie was a school teacher.
Working on a ranch and learning how to use tools and to repair farm equipment was invaluable to Frank. These were skills he built upon later in life when, as an orthopedic surgeon, he developed new medical instruments and new surgical techniques which made it possible for surgeons to better treat their patients. Frank’s reputation for innovation was such that surgeons still recognize his name today, decades after his retirement and subsequent death. Frank published many papers in professional journals which can now be accessed via the internet.
Frank graduated from the southern branch of the University of California in the 1920s. By the 1930s, he had become the Chief of the Orthopedic Section at French Hospital in San Francisco. He often collaborated with other surgeons in pioneering new medical procedures and in publishing the results. One such surgeon was his cousin (by marriage), Dr. Ethan H. Smith.
Dr. Frank married Grace A. Gay before 1923. Grace was the youngest daughter of Civil War veteran Henry Calvin Gay and his wife Mary C. Scott of San Francisco. Dr. Frank and Grace lived in the City during the 1920s and the 1930s. They then moved to nearby San Rafael in Marin County where they lived in the 1940s, 50s and 60s -- and were active in community affairs. Grace died April 3, 1970 in Marin County. Her body is buried at Cyprus Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California in a section with several relatives. She listed her birth date in later years as June 2, 1898 but the correct year could have been as much as 10 years earlier.
Dr. Lowe remarried at the age of 81. His second wife was Myra Grebe Faraday McKinley, a retired nurse administrator with an impressive career as a gerontology specialist. They were married on November 7, 1971 in Reno, Nevada. They made their home in San Francisco and maintained a vacation house in San Miguel, California.
Dr. Lowe died on February 7, 1981 in San Francisco at the age of 90 from diabetic complications. He suffered from dementia during his last three years. His ashes were scattered over the ranch he was raised upon in Lowes Canyon in northern San Luis Obispo County.
Dr. Lowe saved or improved the lives of many children during the course of his medical career. But he had no children of his own.
Franklin Alexander “Frank” Lowe was born on February 16, 1890 on a ranch in Lowes Canyon east of San Miguel, California. Frank was delivered at home by his grandmother, Matilda Rhodes Jones. In later life, she went back to school (at about the age of 60), became a nurse-midwife, and thereafter made a living for herself by delivering babies. Frank was to later go into medicine himself and become a doctor. Perhaps, his grandmother helped to inspire him to do so.
As a boy, Frank was known as "Alex". He was the 3rd of seven children born to the following couple:
1. Frank E. Lowe. (1815 – 1913). Frank was a rancher.
2. Caroline Belle “Carrie” Jones Lowe. (1863 – 1945). Carrie was a school teacher.
Working on a ranch and learning how to use tools and to repair farm equipment was invaluable to Frank. These were skills he built upon later in life when, as an orthopedic surgeon, he developed new medical instruments and new surgical techniques which made it possible for surgeons to better treat their patients. Frank’s reputation for innovation was such that surgeons still recognize his name today, decades after his retirement and subsequent death. Frank published many papers in professional journals which can now be accessed via the internet.
Frank graduated from the southern branch of the University of California in the 1920s. By the 1930s, he had become the Chief of the Orthopedic Section at French Hospital in San Francisco. He often collaborated with other surgeons in pioneering new medical procedures and in publishing the results. One such surgeon was his cousin (by marriage), Dr. Ethan H. Smith.
Dr. Frank married Grace A. Gay before 1923. Grace was the youngest daughter of Civil War veteran Henry Calvin Gay and his wife Mary C. Scott of San Francisco. Dr. Frank and Grace lived in the City during the 1920s and the 1930s. They then moved to nearby San Rafael in Marin County where they lived in the 1940s, 50s and 60s -- and were active in community affairs. Grace died April 3, 1970 in Marin County. Her body is buried at Cyprus Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California in a section with several relatives. She listed her birth date in later years as June 2, 1898 but the correct year could have been as much as 10 years earlier.
Dr. Lowe remarried at the age of 81. His second wife was Myra Grebe Faraday McKinley, a retired nurse administrator with an impressive career as a gerontology specialist. They were married on November 7, 1971 in Reno, Nevada. They made their home in San Francisco and maintained a vacation house in San Miguel, California.
Dr. Lowe died on February 7, 1981 in San Francisco at the age of 90 from diabetic complications. He suffered from dementia during his last three years. His ashes were scattered over the ranch he was raised upon in Lowes Canyon in northern San Luis Obispo County.
Dr. Lowe saved or improved the lives of many children during the course of his medical career. But he had no children of his own.
As a boy, Frank was known as "Alex". He was the 3rd of seven children born to the following couple:
1. Frank E. Lowe. (1815 – 1913). Frank was a rancher.
2. Caroline Belle “Carrie” Jones Lowe. (1863 – 1945). Carrie was a school teacher.
Working on a ranch and learning how to use tools and to repair farm equipment was invaluable to Frank. These were skills he built upon later in life when, as an orthopedic surgeon, he developed new medical instruments and new surgical techniques which made it possible for surgeons to better treat their patients. Frank’s reputation for innovation was such that surgeons still recognize his name today, decades after his retirement and subsequent death. Frank published many papers in professional journals which can now be accessed via the internet.
Frank graduated from the southern branch of the University of California in the 1920s. By the 1930s, he had become the Chief of the Orthopedic Section at French Hospital in San Francisco. He often collaborated with other surgeons in pioneering new medical procedures and in publishing the results. One such surgeon was his cousin (by marriage), Dr. Ethan H. Smith.
Dr. Frank married Grace A. Gay before 1923. Grace was the youngest daughter of Civil War veteran Henry Calvin Gay and his wife Mary C. Scott of San Francisco. Dr. Frank and Grace lived in the City during the 1920s and the 1930s. They then moved to nearby San Rafael in Marin County where they lived in the 1940s, 50s and 60s -- and were active in community affairs. Grace died April 3, 1970 in Marin County. Her body is buried at Cyprus Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California in a section with several relatives. She listed her birth date in later years as June 2, 1898 but the correct year could have been as much as 10 years earlier.
Dr. Lowe remarried at the age of 81. His second wife was Myra Grebe Faraday McKinley, a retired nurse administrator with an impressive career as a gerontology specialist. They were married on November 7, 1971 in Reno, Nevada. They made their home in San Francisco and maintained a vacation house in San Miguel, California.
Dr. Lowe died on February 7, 1981 in San Francisco at the age of 90 from diabetic complications. He suffered from dementia during his last three years. His ashes were scattered over the ranch he was raised upon in Lowes Canyon in northern San Luis Obispo County.
Dr. Lowe saved or improved the lives of many children during the course of his medical career. But he had no children of his own.
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