Bair, Albert E. (1916-2008)

Date of Birth: 1916 May 21, Kansas
Date of Death: 2008 April 10, Illinois

Dr. Albert E. Bair, 91, of Urbana, died 11:47 p.m. Thursday, (April 10, 2008) at home.

Services are private. Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory, 1900 S. Philo Rd., U., is handling arrangements.

Dr. Bair was born May 21, 1916, in Newton, Kansas, the son of Clark and Alma Boldenow Bair. He married Clara Fern Brenneman on July 8, 1944, in Kansas City, Kansas. She survives.

He is also survived by two daughters, Kathleen Ruhter of Mahomet and Sheila Bair Cooper of Washington D.C.; and four grandchildren, Matthew and Jeremy Ruhter and Preston and Colleen Cooper.

Dr. Bair enlisted in the Army Reserve Corps in 1934 and was a laborer until he was honorably discharged in 1942. He was called back to duty in 1951 by the U.S. Air Force and served as a captain and a surgeon until 1953.

Dr. Albert Bair attended Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, and received a bachelor's degree in May of 1940. He received his medical degree from the University of Kansas Medical School in October, 1944, and was admitted to the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Kansas that same year.

Dr. Bair practiced internal medicine and general surgery in Independence, Kansas, for over 30 years. He was active in the community, serving on the Board of Education and City Council. He retired part-time in the 1970s and worked as a part-time volunteer with the American Medical Association delivering medical services to underserved rural communities.

The family requests that memorials be made to Bethel College, 300 East 27th St., North Newton, Kansas, 67117. Condolences may be offered at renner-wikoffchapel.com.

http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2008-04-12/albert-bair.html

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Newton, Kansas
Son of Clark and Alma (Boldenow) Bair
Married Clara Fern Brenneman, 1944 July 8, Kansas City, Kansas
Doctor of Internal Medicine and General Surgery, Independence, Kansas; retired in Champaigne, Illinois

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel College AB 1940 Psychology
University of Kansas Medical School MD 1944

Photo holdings:
Individual -- 1936 Graymaroon p. 28

Sources:
Alumni card
obituary above