DR. ROBERT CHAPIN PARTENHEI MER Dr. Robert Chapin Partenheimer died Feb. 10th at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 83 years old. Dr. Partenheimer was a graduate of Amherst College and Cornell Medical School; he became an MD in 1947. He enjoyed a long and successful career practicing medicine. From 1949 to 1954 he served in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and was on a U.S. Coast Guard seaplane tender (USCG McCulloch) conducting weather ship service in the North Atlantic. He also served at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is survived by his wife, Carol (nee Griffiths); his daughter Barbara P. Haislip and son-in- law, Douglas Haislip of Chatham, NJ; his son Robert H. Partenheimer and daughter-in-law, Nora of Chicago, IL; his son Richard C. Partenheimer of White Plains, NY; grandchildren Robin Partenheimer Wheeler; Kimberly Partenheimer Haack; Kelly Partenheimer; and Richard, Rodman and Robert Haislip. He is also survived by his sister, Joyce Mann, and her husband, William, of Orinda, Calif; niece, Carol and nephews, William and Robert. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 13th, at 11AM at Aycock Funeral Home in Ft. Pierce, FL. Donations may be given in his memory to the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Published in the TC Palm on Feb. 13, 2007