Richard C. Wright

Wright, Richard C. D.O.
Richard Carleton Wright, Sr. passed away on January 25, 2013, in Avondale, Az. He was born July 15, 1926 in Haverhill,Ma, first born of Ralph and Nellie Wright. He enlisted in the US Navy and served as a Hospital Corpman aboard the USS Repose in the Pacific Fleet during WWII. He graduated from Iowa Weslyan in 1949, and earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kirksville College of Osteopathy in 1954. He and wife, Helen Hope Hersey of Needham, Ma, moved to Standish in 1956 where he established a family practice. One his proudest achievements was the establishment of one of the countries first rescue units serving the Standish, Steep Falls, and Sebago regions. He was the state's first registered hypnotist using it in a variety of medical procedures. An early advocate of aerobic exercise, he frequently ran from Standish into the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland. He entered and completed the Boston Marathon. In 1972, he sold his practice to take up Hospital Administration in Texas, then joined the air force reserves as a Lt. Colonel, administering the hospital at Carswell Air Force base. In 1980, he moved from Fort Worth, Texas to Phoenix, Az where he again practiced family medicine, and in addition, emergency room. During his late career, he was the attending physician for the federal penitentiary system in Phoenix. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia, his sons and daughter, Richard, Douglas, Sandra, Prescott, and Roger, his sister Eleanor, and step-children Sam Diana Salts, 9 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and dog Bernie. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Forest, his wife Helen (Hersey), and his son, Brad. Services will be held at Hansen Morturary 8314 N. 7th St., Phoenix at 6:00PM. on Tuesday January 29 at 6:00 PM.