EyeOn Patients - Illinois College of Optometry

Sydney Perlman, co-founder of the
Illinois Chapter of Volunteer Optometric
Services to Humanity (VOSH-IL), died
Dec. 31, 2004. He was 79. A native of
Toronto, Dr. Perlman came to the United
States in 1947 to pursue his degree in
optometry. He organized 30 mission trips
that provided free eye screenings and treatment
to about 10,000 people in Poland,
Switzerland, Colombia, and other developing
countries. Through his affiliation
with the Park Forest Lions Club, he also
trained inmates of women’s correctional
facilities in Indiana how to read eyeglass
prescriptions. Dr. Perlman was in private
practice in Rosedale for 40 years and was
the first optometrist to practice at South
Chicago Community Hospital. He is survived
his wife, Inez, and three daughters.
Joseph S. Shepherd died Oct. 25, 2003.
Herert N. Wassermann of Connecticut,
died Jan. 4, 2004.
James E. Young died Dec. 4, 2004.
1950
Audren Bovenmeyer of Garwin, Iowa,
died in 1999. Her husband, Max, died in
February of 2003.
Marion Echelman, wife of the late Dr.
Jules A. Echelman, died Sept. 21, 2004.
Edward J. Florek died March 29, 2004.
Max L. Magwire died Dec. 30, 2004, of a
malignant brain tumor in Omaha, Neb.
Dr. Magwire was 79. A native of northeast
Nebraska, Dr. Magwire was raised on
a farm and attended Doane College in
Crete and Peru State College in Peru,
Neb., before studying at Cornell
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University in Ithaca, New York. After
earning his degree at ICO, he began practice
in Norfolk, Neb. in 1950, and stayed
there until moving to Spencer in 1970.
He was among the first in Nebraska to
begin fitting patients with contact lenses,
nearly 55 years ago. Survivors include his
wife Len, two sons, two daughters, two
stepsons, two brothers, a sister, and
grandchildren.
Ami P. Majors of Aiken, S.C., died April
28, 2004. After serving in the Navy during
WWII, Dr. Majors had a private
practice in Aiken, where he had lived
since 1951. He was a member of The
First Presbyterian Church, the Aiken
Rotary Club, and many other organizations.
Survivors include his wife,
Elizabeth Anderson Majors, a daughter,
two sons, and three grandchildren.
Paul Moss died Oct. 27, 2004.
1953
Raymond B. Boyenga died in 2003.
H. A. (Herbert) Bugbee died Aug. 3,
2004. Survivors include his wife, Mona.
1954
William A. Granfield died Sept. 18,
2004, in Hampton Bays, N.Y., where he
had lived since June 2004.
1955
James G. Wilcox died Sept. 30, 2004.
1958
Duane Luedke died July 8, 2004.
Robert J. Pandiscio of Humble, Texas,
died June 15, 2004.
Doris M. Stewart, ICO switchboard
operator for 27 years, died on
April 16, 2005. She is survived
by her husband, John, three children
and five grandchildren.
1960
David Atwood died April 27, 2002.
1966
John A Workman of Plano, Texas, died
Sept. 13, 2004, of multiple myeloma.
1995
Kenneth S. Cosgrove, a native of Lansing,
Mich., and an optometrist in Scottsdale,
Ariz., died Feb. 16, 2005, in a skydiving
accident in Arizona. He and his wife,
Karen Thorpe Cosgrove, first met while
attending a skydiving event in San Carlos,
Mexico. Dr. Cosgrove is survived by his
wife and a daughter.