Dr. Daniel C. Ihde

Dr. Daniel C. Ihde

Daniel Ihde Obituary

Published by Clovis News Journal and the Portales News-Tribune on Jan. 10, 2005.
Dr. Daniel C. Ihde
Services: Have been held.

Daniel Carlyle Ihde, M.D., 61, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at Sandia Springs Retirement Center in Rio Rancho.

He was born in Parsons, Kan., to Martha and Ira C. Ihde. He grew up in Portales and graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1964 with a degree in mathematics. He was a reporter for the Portales News-Tribune during his college years. He earned his medical degree from Stanford University Medical School in 1969. He married Mary Katherine Nanninga in 1968.

Survivors include his wife; his mother; two sons, Steven of San Francisco and Douglas of Palo Alto, Calif.; a sister, Charlotte J. Kiger of Modesto, Calif.
Burial will be at Portales Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Daniel C. Ihde Memorial Endowment Fund, Eastern New Mexico University, 1500 S. Ave K, Portales, N.M. 88130.

Arrangements are by Wheeler Mortuary of Portales.

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