Dr. Sharon Sebert "Ron" Storey M.D. Jr.

1929 - 2017

Sharon "Ron" Sebert Storey, Jr., M.D.
1929-2017
Sharon "Ron" Sebert Storey, Jr., M.D., returned to his heavenly home on November 10, 2017. His devotion to medicine and his firm belief in God supported him throughout his life and ultimately gave him peace.
Ron was born to the late Sharon S. Storey, Sr. and Maude Alice Storey, an ophthalmologist and a homemaker respectively, in Edinburg, TX on October 13, 1929. He received his bachelor's degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He went on to graduate from Baylor College of Medicine obtaining his medical doctorate degree. He served honorably in the United States Air Force medical core during the Korean War and was stationed at Travis AFB, CA. In 1958, he moved to Houston, Texas to complete his residency in Anesthesiology.
Ron specialized in Cardiovascular Anesthesiology. He was renowned for being the anesthesiologist for Michael DeBakey, M.D., the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who performed the world's first artificial heart transplant and pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients.
In 1986, Ron was recruited to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine as the Founding Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He retired from medicine in 1990; however, he continued to volunteer, support and serve the healing arts until his passing.
In 2002, Ron was appointed by Queen Elizabeth as a Serving Brother to the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Ron was blessed with loving family and friends. He was a healer and educator at heart. He loved the theater, traveling and reading. He is dearly missed by his loved ones, who celebrate the fact that he is at peace with his creator.
Ron is survived by his life partner Theodore "Ted" Milby; his former spouse Florence Marie Storey; his daughters Sharon Marie Storey, Carol Michele Storey-Desroches, and Allison Leigh Jones; and his grandsons Jarrett Jones and Trevor Jones. He is preceded in death by his parents.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in San Diego, CA on December 4, 2017. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group at https://www.saintjohn.org/donate.