The Evening Star Friday, November 29, 1929
Dr. Frank Hester Dies At Age Of 62
Chief of Veterans' Bureau Subdivision Expires After Brief Illness
Dr. Frank Deane Hester, Chief of the Foreign and Insular subdivision of the Medical Service of the United States Veterans' Bureau since 1922, who had been instrumental in bringing about a close cooperation between nations in treating their World War veterans abroad, died in Mount Alto Hospital Wednesday after an illness of about a week. He would have been 63 years old November 28. He was a native of Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Hester was widely known in this city. He was a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. Funeral services were conducted at Gawler's Chapel this afternoon. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Dr. Hester is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Pywell Hester; five sisters and a brother.
Dr. Hester served in the Bureau of Pensions for 33 years as medical examiner and medical reviewer before transferring to the Veterans' Bureau in October 1917. In November 1918, Dr. Hester was placed in charge of foreign investigations. He only recently had returned from a trip to Europe in the interest of reciprocal veteran relief. In this capacity, Dr. Hester was charged with furnishing care and medical treatment for beneficiaries of the bureau resident in foreign countries and insular possessions of the United States, and for veterans of the allied forces residing in the United States. A recent article descriptive of this work said: Dr. Hester conceived the idea of international reciprocity among the governments in serving their veterans abroad. It has developed into a sort of Veterans' Bureau League of Nations and is one of the world's finest examples of humanitarian co-operation.
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans' Bureau, in a statement, paid tribute to Dr. Hester's work.
Dr. Frank Hester Dies At Age Of 62
Chief of Veterans' Bureau Subdivision Expires After Brief Illness
Dr. Frank Deane Hester, Chief of the Foreign and Insular subdivision of the Medical Service of the United States Veterans' Bureau since 1922, who had been instrumental in bringing about a close cooperation between nations in treating their World War veterans abroad, died in Mount Alto Hospital Wednesday after an illness of about a week. He would have been 63 years old November 28. He was a native of Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Hester was widely known in this city. He was a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. Funeral services were conducted at Gawler's Chapel this afternoon. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Dr. Hester is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Pywell Hester; five sisters and a brother.
Dr. Hester served in the Bureau of Pensions for 33 years as medical examiner and medical reviewer before transferring to the Veterans' Bureau in October 1917. In November 1918, Dr. Hester was placed in charge of foreign investigations. He only recently had returned from a trip to Europe in the interest of reciprocal veteran relief. In this capacity, Dr. Hester was charged with furnishing care and medical treatment for beneficiaries of the bureau resident in foreign countries and insular possessions of the United States, and for veterans of the allied forces residing in the United States. A recent article descriptive of this work said: Dr. Hester conceived the idea of international reciprocity among the governments in serving their veterans abroad. It has developed into a sort of Veterans' Bureau League of Nations and is one of the world's finest examples of humanitarian co-operation.
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans' Bureau, in a statement, paid tribute to Dr. Hester's work.
The Evening Star Friday, November 29, 1929
Dr. Frank Hester Dies At Age Of 62
Chief of Veterans' Bureau Subdivision Expires After Brief Illness
Dr. Frank Deane Hester, Chief of the Foreign and Insular subdivision of the Medical Service of the United States Veterans' Bureau since 1922, who had been instrumental in bringing about a close cooperation between nations in treating their World War veterans abroad, died in Mount Alto Hospital Wednesday after an illness of about a week. He would have been 63 years old November 28. He was a native of Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Hester was widely known in this city. He was a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. Funeral services were conducted at Gawler's Chapel this afternoon. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Dr. Hester is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Pywell Hester; five sisters and a brother.
Dr. Hester served in the Bureau of Pensions for 33 years as medical examiner and medical reviewer before transferring to the Veterans' Bureau in October 1917. In November 1918, Dr. Hester was placed in charge of foreign investigations. He only recently had returned from a trip to Europe in the interest of reciprocal veteran relief. In this capacity, Dr. Hester was charged with furnishing care and medical treatment for beneficiaries of the bureau resident in foreign countries and insular possessions of the United States, and for veterans of the allied forces residing in the United States. A recent article descriptive of this work said: Dr. Hester conceived the idea of international reciprocity among the governments in serving their veterans abroad. It has developed into a sort of Veterans' Bureau League of Nations and is one of the world's finest examples of humanitarian co-operation.
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans' Bureau, in a statement, paid tribute to Dr. Hester's work.
Dr. Frank Hester Dies At Age Of 62
Chief of Veterans' Bureau Subdivision Expires After Brief Illness
Dr. Frank Deane Hester, Chief of the Foreign and Insular subdivision of the Medical Service of the United States Veterans' Bureau since 1922, who had been instrumental in bringing about a close cooperation between nations in treating their World War veterans abroad, died in Mount Alto Hospital Wednesday after an illness of about a week. He would have been 63 years old November 28. He was a native of Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Hester was widely known in this city. He was a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. Funeral services were conducted at Gawler's Chapel this afternoon. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Dr. Hester is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Pywell Hester; five sisters and a brother.
Dr. Hester served in the Bureau of Pensions for 33 years as medical examiner and medical reviewer before transferring to the Veterans' Bureau in October 1917. In November 1918, Dr. Hester was placed in charge of foreign investigations. He only recently had returned from a trip to Europe in the interest of reciprocal veteran relief. In this capacity, Dr. Hester was charged with furnishing care and medical treatment for beneficiaries of the bureau resident in foreign countries and insular possessions of the United States, and for veterans of the allied forces residing in the United States. A recent article descriptive of this work said: Dr. Hester conceived the idea of international reciprocity among the governments in serving their veterans abroad. It has developed into a sort of Veterans' Bureau League of Nations and is one of the world's finest examples of humanitarian co-operation.
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans' Bureau, in a statement, paid tribute to Dr. Hester's work.
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