Roscoe Vernon Stuber M.D.

The generous heart of Roscoe Vernon Stuber, MD, beat its last on May 31, 2022. Dr. Stuber, known as "Ros" by most, was born in Rochester, New York, on March 12, 1928, and lived in the nearby town of Clifton Springs until the age of 12, when he and his family moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey. He was always very proud of his parents: Stanley I. Stuber, an ordained Baptist minister and prolific writer on ecumenicalism, and Helen Hill Stuber, who was a leader internationally with the American Baptist Women. Both earned honorary doctorates. Dr. Ros Stuber earned his Bachelor's degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he met his future wife, Barbara "Darbi" Drew. They married while he was in medical school at Columbia School of Physicians and Surgeons, and then moved to Syracuse, New York for his residency training in general surgery at Upstate State University of New York. Three children later, Dr. Stuber served as a Captain in the Air Force for two years in Goose Bay, Labrador, and two years in Tampa, Florida, retiring as a Major. The family relocated for a year to Omaha, Nebraska before settling down (and adding a fourth child) in Howell, Michigan, where they stayed for over forty years. Dr. Stuber and his family were very active in the First Baptist Church in Howell, the American Cancer Society and other community activities, resulting in Ros and Darbi Stuber declared jointly Citizen of the Year in 1981. Dr. Stuber loved working with the Rotary Club, and tried to attend meetings wherever his travels took him, including Vellore, India. He was also a great supporter of Hospice, and worked as a hospice doctor following his retirement from surgical work. While in Howell, he was active in local politics, trained as a court Moderator, taught Sunday school, served on school boards, was Chief of Staff at McPherson Community Hospital, and was active in the Medical Society and Christian Medical Society. Following the death of his beloved Darbi in 2007, Dr. Stuber moved to Colorado, where two of his adult children lived. He married Eva Autry, and lived in Canon City, Colorado, where he quickly again became a community leader. He and Eva supported the local community college, and built a gazebo for the arts center. They also traveled extensively, something Dr. Stuber always loved. After Eva died, Dr. Stuber moved closer to his two children in Colorado. He remained very active in Rotary, sang in his church choir, and attended musical and theater events frequently. He went up in a hot air balloon, and visited the Vellore Christian Medical Center, which his parents, siblings, and he had supported for decades. Wherever he went, Dr. Stuber brought his enthusiasm, curiosity, sense of fun, and warmth, endearing him to all who knew him. He was proud to have traveled to all 50 states, and to China, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Russia and much of Europe, as well as India. Ros Stuber, MD, is survived by his two sisters, Lois Stuber Spitzer and Sylvia Stuber Heap; his children, Margaret, Libby, Paul and Edith Stuber; their spouses, Larry Gail, Ed Pomponi, Cheryl Brummel, and Daran Wallman; and his grandchildren, Emma and Benjamin Gail and Beth and Evan Stuber. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the American Cancer Society or your local hospice.