Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stetson, Dr. Lawrence J., 1978 

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Dr. Lawrence Stetson Dies At DePaul 

  Dr. Lawrence J. Stetson, 58, of 707 N. Broad St., died Friday afternoon at 
DePaul Hospital, Norfolk. 

  A native of Auburn, Maine [sic*], he was the husband of Ellen Hayes Stetson. 

  He was a graduate of Bates College, Lewiston, Me., and Tufts Medical School, 
Boston, Mass.  He was a Captain in the Army Medical Corps during World War II 
and served in the South Pacific. 

  Following his discharge from the service, he trained in Radiology at the 
University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital, Chicago. 

  From its opening in 1951, Dr. Stetson served as Chief of the Radiology 
Department at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  He was a member of the American Medical Association, the American Board of 
Radiology, The Radiological Society of North America, the Virginia Chapter 
of the American College of Radiology, the National Board of Medicine, the 
National, Board of Medical Examiners, the Virginia Medical Society and the 
Tri-County Medical Society.  He has also served as president of the staff at 
Obici for several years. 

  Other survivors include a son, Lawrence J. Stetson Jr. of Yakima, Wash.; 
a daughter, Mrs. Duncan Crawford of Edina, Minn.; and three grandchildren. 

  A Christian Wake Service will be held 7 p.m. this evening.  A funeral Mass 
will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church.  Services will 
be conducted by Dr. Richard Loeffler, Chaplain at DePaul Hospital and Dr. 
Thomas A. Henry, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church.  Burial will be in 
Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. 

  Memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad.  The 
family will be at 707 N. Broad St.  I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home in charge. 

[photo, captioned:] 
STETSON 

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Dr. Lawrence J. Stetson Sr. 

  Funeral services for Dr. Lawrence J. Stetson Sr. who died Friday were 
conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church by the Rev. Richard 
Loeffler and Rev. Thomas A. Henry.  Burial was in Meadowbrook Memorial 
Gardens. 

  Pallbearers were Dr. George J. Carroll, Dr. David B. Corcoran, Dr. Lawrence 
W. Penniston, Dr. J.E. Rawls Jr., Dr. Gamesh Nirmal, A. Gibson Howell, Dr. 
O.R. Hoffler Jr. and Robert E. Everett. 


Dr. Lawrence Jago STETSON, Sr., Obici Chief of the Radiology, 
   Army Medical Corps veteran of WW-II, 
b. 28 Jun 1920, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME, d. 30 Jun 1978, Norfolk, 
entombed in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens*, Driver, 3 Jul 1978, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 56, No. 157, Sun., July 2, 1978, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 56, No. 159, Tues., July 4, 1978, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his tomb marker - added by Joe Colby - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #32469308. 

His parents, Seth Seldon & Marguerite M. (JAGO) STETSON, are buried in 
   Mount Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME. 

D.Cert. 78-021035 also gives b. Auburn, ME. 

Birthplace from ME Birth Record, which gives Laurence. 


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