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Obituaries
1920
E.D. Newman has passed away.
1929
Clayton S. Wagner passed away in 2001.
1933
A.B. Clark, of Visalia, Calif., passed away
in 1995.
1937
Kenneth E. Kintner died Nov. 5, 2004.
He was a 1968 recipient of the Indiana
Optometric Association’s Optometrist of
the Year Award.
1938
Cora Mae Mandt Todd died Sept. 10,
2004.
1939
Earl B. Propp of Bradenton, Fla., died
Aug. 19, 2004.
1940
Samuel L. Safier of Youngstown, Ohio,
died Oct. 7, 2003, from Parkinson’s
Disease. Dr. Safier practiced for more
than 50 years in Youngstown, where he
was a member of the American
Optometric Association and the Ohio
Vision Foundation. He served as a fellow
of the International College of Ocular
Science and the Eye Research Foundation
and was a member of the Contact Lens
Manufacturing Association. Survivors
include his wife, Grace, two daughters, a
son, seven grandchildren, and three greatgrandsons.
Henry Wolfe died May 3, 2004.
1943
Eugene Cutler of Highland Park, Ill.,
died in October of 2004. Dr. Cutler
worked at Chicago Cornea Consultants.
He was 83. Survivors include his wife,
Miriam, and two sons.
Mark L. McKeeby died July 24, 2004.
Dr. McKeeby retired from active practice
in 1978 in Fairbault, Minn., and moved to
Greene Valley, Ariz., in 1983.
1945
H.R. Williams has passed away.
1946
Arthur Leonard Lindblad died Nov. 2,
2004, at his home in Marietta, Ga. He
was born in 1910 in St. Paul, Minn., and
moved to Alton, Ill., in 1930. Dr.
Lindblad opened his first optometry
office in Alton in 1933, and later opened
offices in several other places in Illinois,
including Granite City, East St. Louis,
and Chicago Heights. He retired in 1986
and moved to Marietta, Ga. Survivors
include a daughter, two sons, six grandchildren,
and two great-grandchildren.
1947
Vernon L. Dixon died Aug. 29, 2004.
Wilfred E. Goldblum died Aug. 19,
2004.
Kenneth Myers has passed away.
Donald Wolfe died June 27, 2004.
1948
Joseph Woodrow Duket of Tampa, Fla.,
died Feb. 16, 2005. He was 89. Dr. Duket
retired from practice in 1995, after a 50year
career. Before going on to become an
optician and optometrist, Dr. Duket
earned a degree in Christian Ministry at
David Lipscomb College in Nashville,
Tenn. He became a lay minister for the
Church of Christ in Chicago and went on
to graduate from Northern Illinois
College of Optometry. When he was
drafted for WWII, Dr. Duket refused to
carry a weapon. He was placed at the
Norden bombsight, a federal lab used in
air attacks during the war, including
atomic bomb missions against Japan’s
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. His work
earned him the Army-Navy E for
Excellence in Wartime Production award.
Dr. Duket was preceded in death by his
wife of 44 years, Opal.
Laurence Fisher of Painesville, Ohio,
died Aug. 25, 2004. A 1946 graduate of
Yale University, Dr. Fisher, 79, practiced
optometry in the Ashtabula, Ohio, area
after earning his optometry degree. He
was an active member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Ashtabula, and
served as a Navy officer in the Atlantic
during World War II. Survivors include
his wife, Bess, a son, a daughter, six
grandchildren, and a brother.
Thomas John Klaers of Willmar, Minn.,
died Dec. 29, 2003.
Calvin H. Koedyker of Muskegon,
Mich., formerly of South Holland, Ill.,
died March 27, 2004, in Muskegon.
Christian Mack has passed away.
Merle Pearle died in February 2005.
Merrill B. Ross died Jan. 29, 2004.
Richard L. Snyder died Jan. 6, 2004.
Irving Sonner died April 8, 2002.
Ben S. Sulceski of New Lenox, Ill., has
passed away.
1949
Cyril Nierman died in February of a heart
attack. He was 80. Known as the team
optometrist for the Chicago White Sox,
Dr. Nierman is reportedly the doctor who
prescribed the large glasses that became
the signature item for Hall of Fame broadcaster
Harry Caray. He practiced optometry
for more than 50 years. Survivors
include his wife, Nancy, and a son.
Philip Leighton Olin died Aug. 31,
2004.
Spring 2005 / ICO Matters 18