Howard Paul Steiger

Howard Paul Steiger, MD
Dr. Steiger, a resident of Pawley's Island, SC and member of the Carriage Club of Charlotte, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2007.
Born November 2, 1915 in Williamsport, PA, he was the eldest son of Howard L. Steiger and Helen Ring-Taylor Steiger. He did his college studies at Bucknell, Tulane and Duke Universities where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He entered Duke Medical School in 1936 and graduated in December 1939. He was an exchange student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London in the summer of 1939. He interned at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta and the US Marine Hospital in New Orleans. He left the service in July 1941 to begin a residency in Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
He was recalled to the USPHS in 1942 and discharged in 1945 as a Lt. Commander. During his service he was sent to Charlotte where he was commanding officer of a temporary hospital located at the corner of 7th and Church Streets, now a parking area for Discovery Place.
Dr. Steiger began private practice of dermatology on Elizabeth Avenue in Charlotte in July 1945 and subsequently moved to 1600 East 5th Street. The practice became Drs. Steiger, Mitchener and Newton and later Dermatology Associates.
He was a member of the Litchfield Country Club, Myers Park Country Club and an active tennis player. He was also a member of Phalynx Masonic Lodge, Oasis Temple Shrine and the Jesters. He played flute and piccolo for many years in the Shrine Band, Charlotte Comrade German Band and the Sunday School orchestra of the First Methodist Church in Charlotte.
He served on the Charlotte and the NC Boards of Health, was President of the Mecklenburg Cancer Society and the Charlotte Exchange Club, and a member of the Charlotte German American Club. He was an emeritus member of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, the Georgetown county Medical Society, and the American Academy of Dermatology.
He was a member of St Peter's Episcopal Church in Charlotte and served on the vestry. Upon moving to Pawley's Island, he and Mrs. Steiger became members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church were he served on the Council.
He was pre-deceased by his wife of 64 years Elizabeth Butler Steiger. They were married in New Orleans in 1940. He is survived by daughters Helen Kellicut of Deer Lodge, MT, Louise and husband William Wannamaker Heizer of Greenville, SC, Edith and husband John Seaman of Seattle, WA, and son H. Paul Steiger and wife Dia of Charlotte, NC; grandsons Seward Kellicut of Boone, NC, Shanley Kellicut of Deer Lodge, MT, Mitchell Seaman of Olympia, WA, and Jett Steiger of Los Angeles, CA; granddaughters Megan Heizer Welfare of Memphis, TN, Caroline Heizer Witbeck of Greenville, SC and Stephanie Seaman of Portland, OR; and eight great-grandchildren. Dr. Steiger is also survived by his sister Mrs. H. Keith Fischer (Dorothy) of Philadelphia, PA and was pre-deceased by his brother Robert Folk Steiger of Wrightsville Beach NC.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday June 28th at 11:00 AM at the Carriage Club. The family will receive friends immediately after the service.
Memorials may be made to Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary, 248 Ridgewood Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28209.