L. F. "Fritz" Fenster M.D.

I trained as a resident at Virginia Mason in the late 80's. He was a remarkable teacher and I still carry the things I learned from him to this day. He was passionate about the quality and cost of healthcare and spoke about it 25 years ago when it wasn't on anybody's radar. I have thought in the past few years that his voice would be a good one for our current discussion of the direction of healthcare. I often saw him reading the paper in the Madison Park Starbucks and thought about asking...

I knew Fritz through his mother, Elizabeth Robson, his stepfather, Dr. Bernard Robson, and his sister and niece Betty and Lisa. Our family and the Robsons spent many good times together. Fritz and I exchanged Christmas cards the last few years. He always seemed like the ideal fellow--smart, funny, good politics, interested and interesting. I'm sorry our paths didn't cross more often. I am sorry not to have seen more of him.
Evelyn Goodell Hills, B.C.

Fritz was part of our family. He spent every Thanksgiving with us. He always had a debate with my mom on some current. Event I enjoyed his hard nose approach at my mom. He always ate the turkey leg his favorite .mom burnt the gravy once fritz gave her s$&$ about it every year! Loved him for that. I am sadden by our loss but I am sure he is listening to music and debating my mom. I am missing your laugh Fritz!

Those of us who knew and continue to love Fritz are as shocked as I am to learn of his death. I have known Fritz nearly 50 years. Fritz was a close family friend. Fritz inspired with his wit, wisdom, sharp mind and sharp tongue. Fritz was competitive in the best sense striving to do the best he could knowing that it would push others to do and be the best they could.

I loved talking with Fritz, about the world and politics which frustrated the hell out of him, about Stanford...

In more ways than one, Dr. Fenster has indeed touched many lives more than he will ever know. For those whom had the honor to hear his spoken words or have received touching emails of sincerity, this man has inspired a great many people in his own way of life. As long as you remember him in your heart or deep within your soul, his legacy shall always live on. May God Bless you Dr. Fenster. Rest in peace and see your legacy live on always for those you have touched so very dear to you.

I was shocked when I learned that Fritz had died as he said a year or so ago that he was playing lots of tennis. He was a fine human being, the best, and I will always remember him and his family. I loved them.

I knew Fritz in San Francisco and Boston: They lived next door to us on Union Street until Fritz's father, a San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster, died and they moved away. We reconnected later when I was 19 and he was at Harvard Medical School, and continued our...

I was shocked when I learned that Fritz had died as he said a year or so ago that he was playing lots of tennis.

I knew Fritz in San Francisco and Boston

Dr. Fenster was perhaps the most influential mentor I had in training. He was my preceptor during my medical school years at Harborview. Everyone who knew him admired his dedication to medicine, his patients, quality improvement, and his students. He is an unforgetable figure for many of us who trained under him.