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September 22, 2009
Services
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Friday, September 25, 2009 at Our Lady of Magnificat RC Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon, NJ.
Dr. Raymond J. Scheetz, Sr., age 94, who spent most of his life in Youngstown, Ohio, died on Tuesday September 22, 2009 at the home of his daughter in Kinnelon, NJ.
Dr. Scheetz was born in Youngstown, Ohio on September 27, 1914, a son of Albert P. Scheetz (Scheetz Lumber Co.) and Ida M. Raub Scheetz. Following his graduation from Rayen High School in 1932 he attended Ohio State University where he earned a BA in 1937 and his MD in 1940. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa (national honor society) and Alpha Omega Alpha (national medical honorary society).
After a one year internship at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngtown, Ohio he entered a Radiology Residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (1941). He was in the program for three and a half years, serving the last nine months as Junior Associate of the Radiology Staff. He was certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology in October 1944.
He left Mayo’s in December 1944 and entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He initially served at Army and Navy General Hospital (Hot Springs, AR), and later at William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas, where he was Chief of Radiology. Released from the Army as a Captain in September 1947, Dr. Scheetz returned to Youngstown and practiced the next 30 years in the Radiology Department of St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. He was chief of the Medical Staff for three years and chief of the Radiology Department for twelve years following Dr. Saul Tamarkin’s retirement.
In the late 1940’s, technicians who were well trained in taking x-rays evinced a desire to take the national exam for Registered Technician. They needed instruction in anatomy and x-ray physics, so Dr. Scheetz arranged for departmental classes in those subjects and the St. Elizabeth Hospital School for Roengenologic Technology was thus born.
Early in the 1950’s, radio-isotopes were coming into widespread use in medical practice. Dr. Scheetz attended the Isotope Clinic at Case-Western Reserve University Hospital for a 6-month course, passed the National exam in Nuclear Medicine, obtained a license from the US Atomic Energy Commission and became the first Youngstown physician to use radio-active isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of various medical conditions. (The Youngstown Vindicator printed an article about this at the time.)
Dr. Scheetz married Coletta Lyden, a Youngstown schoolteacher, February 7, 1942. Miss Lyden, a former May Queen at Youngstown College, was the daughter of Paul E. Lyden and Mary Cronin Lyden. Mr. Lyden served as Sheriff and Water Commissioner of Mahoning Co. and Police Chief of Youngstown at various times.
Dr. and Mrs. Scheetz had five children; Dr. Raymond Scheetz, Jr. (retired from the Cleveland Clinic), Carol Ann Scheetz Borinski and Joanne Scheetz, both of Kinnelon, NJ, and Marilyn and Bonita who both predeceased him.
After his retirement in December 1977, Dr. Scheetz, an avid golfer, and his wife moved to Carolina Trace in Sanford, North Carolina. Mrs. Scheetz died January 2, 1992. Dr. Scheetz then moved to New Jersey to live with his daughter and son-in-law; Carol and Andrew Borinski (of Borinski Bros. Nursery in Lincoln Park).
In addition to his living children, Dr. Scheetz leaves one sister; Arlene Hoover of Sonoma, California. He was predeceased by two sisters; Rosemary Reany of Phoenix, Arizona and Miriam Wardle. He has seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Dr. Scheetz was a member of Our Lady of Magnificat RC Church, Kinnelon, Mahoning County Medical Society, Ohio State Medical Society, American Medical Association, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Mayo Alumni Society and “The Hole-in-One Club”.
In Lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey Hospice, 38 Elm St, Morristown, NJ 07960 www.vnonnj.org or the St. Elizabeth’s Health Center, 727 E Western Reserve Rd, Youngstown, OH 44514.
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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Friday, September 25, 2009 at Our Lady of Magnificat RC Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon, NJ.
September 22, 2009
Services
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Friday, September 25, 2009 at Our Lady of Magnificat RC Church, 2 Miller Road, Kinnelon, NJ.
Dr. Raymond J. Scheetz, Sr., age 94, who spent most of his life in Youngstown, Ohio, died on Tuesday September 22, 2009 at the home of his daughter in Kinnelon, NJ.
Dr. Scheetz was born in Youngstown, Ohio on September 27, 1914, a son of Albert P. Scheetz (Scheetz Lumber Co.) and Ida M. Raub Scheetz. Following his graduation from Rayen High School in 1932 he attended Ohio State University where he earned a BA in 1937 and his MD in 1940. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa (national honor society) and Alpha Omega Alpha (national medical honorary society).
After a one year internship at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngtown, Ohio he entered a Radiology Residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (1941). He was in the program for three and a half years, serving the last nine months as Junior Associate of the Radiology Staff. He was certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology in October 1944.
He left Mayo’s in December 1944 and entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He initially served at Army and Navy General Hospital (Hot Springs, AR), and later at William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas, where he was Chief of Radiology. Released from the Army as a Captain in September 1947, Dr. Scheetz returned to Youngstown and practiced the next 30 years in the Radiology Department of St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. He was chief of the Medical Staff for three years and chief of the Radiology Department for twelve years following Dr. Saul Tamarkin’s retirement.
In the late 1940’s, technicians who were well trained in taking x-rays evinced a desire to take the national exam for Registered Technician. They needed instruction in anatomy and x-ray physics, so Dr. Scheetz arranged for departmental classes in those subjects and the St. Elizabeth Hospital School for Roengenologic Technology was thus born.
Early in the 1950’s, radio-isotopes were coming into widespread use in medical practice. Dr. Scheetz attended the Isotope Clinic at Case-Western Reserve University Hospital for a 6-month course, passed the National exam in Nuclear Medicine, obtained a license from the US Atomic Energy Commission and became the first Youngstown physician to use radio-active isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of various medical conditions. (The Youngstown Vindicator printed an article about this at the time.)
Dr. Scheetz married Coletta Lyden, a Youngstown schoolteacher, February 7, 1942. Miss Lyden, a former May Queen at Youngstown College, was the daughter of Paul E. Lyden and Mary Cronin Lyden. Mr. Lyden served as Sheriff and Water Commissioner of Mahoning Co. and Police Chief of Youngstown at various times.
Dr. and Mrs. Scheetz had five children; Dr. Raymond Scheetz, Jr. (retired from the Cleveland Clinic), Carol Ann Scheetz Borinski and Joanne Scheetz, both of Kinnelon, NJ, and Marilyn and Bonita who both predeceased him.
After his retirement in December 1977, Dr. Scheetz, an avid golfer, and his wife moved to Carolina Trace in Sanford, North Carolina. Mrs. Scheetz died January 2, 1992. Dr. Scheetz then moved to New Jersey to live with his daughter and son-in-law; Carol and Andrew Borinski (of Borinski Bros. Nursery in Lincoln Park).
In addition to his living children, Dr. Scheetz leaves one sister; Arlene Hoover of Sonoma, California. He was predeceased by two sisters; Rosemary Reany of Phoenix, Arizona and Miriam Wardle. He has seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Dr. Scheetz was a member of Our Lady of Magnificat RC Church, Kinnelon, Mahoning County Medical Society, Ohio State Medical Society, American Medical Association, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Mayo Alumni Society and “The Hole-in-One Club”.
In Lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey Hospice, 38 Elm St, Morristown, NJ 07960 www.vnonnj.org or the St. Elizabeth’s Health Center, 727 E Western Reserve Rd, Youngstown, OH 44514.
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