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Col William Fred Patient

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Col William Fred Patient

Birth
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Death
15 May 1970 (aged 60)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 24, lot 171, unmarked.
Memorial ID
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U.S. Air Force medical doctor; married to "Angel of Bataan" Edith Wimberly. Had been stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base during his career. Buried beside his wife. As of April 26, 2011, his grave was not marked.

According to Find-a-Grave contributor Candyce Farris Dixon (47452969) • [email protected], "William Fred Patient adopted his first wife's son, Miles Aldwin Deems, on 27 Feb 1945 (date of reissued Texas Birth Certificate)."

She also contributed:

Obituary published in The Times; Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana on Monday, 18 May 1970, Page 7; and reproduced on newspapers.com:

Dr. William Patient

Dr. William F. Patient, 60, of St. Louis, Mo., who was stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base prior to his retirement in 1964, died Friday in St. Louis.

Dr. Patient retired from the Air Force as a colonel. He was a member of the Catholic Church.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel. A Catholic priest from BAFB will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery with full military honors from BAFB.

Survivors include a son, Miles Patient, of Houston, Tex.; a brother, Leonard Patient of Georgia, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Starms of Belleville, Ill.

Military personnel will serve as pallbearers.
U.S. Air Force medical doctor; married to "Angel of Bataan" Edith Wimberly. Had been stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base during his career. Buried beside his wife. As of April 26, 2011, his grave was not marked.

According to Find-a-Grave contributor Candyce Farris Dixon (47452969) • [email protected], "William Fred Patient adopted his first wife's son, Miles Aldwin Deems, on 27 Feb 1945 (date of reissued Texas Birth Certificate)."

She also contributed:

Obituary published in The Times; Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana on Monday, 18 May 1970, Page 7; and reproduced on newspapers.com:

Dr. William Patient

Dr. William F. Patient, 60, of St. Louis, Mo., who was stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base prior to his retirement in 1964, died Friday in St. Louis.

Dr. Patient retired from the Air Force as a colonel. He was a member of the Catholic Church.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel. A Catholic priest from BAFB will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery with full military honors from BAFB.

Survivors include a son, Miles Patient, of Houston, Tex.; a brother, Leonard Patient of Georgia, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Starms of Belleville, Ill.

Military personnel will serve as pallbearers.


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