JOHN CONRAD Jr.

John Peter Conrad, Jr. or "Jack" to many was born in Sacramento, California, on April 27, 1922, to John Peter Conrad, Sr. and Marion Louise Andrews Conrad. He passed away peacefully in his Fresno home on January 20, 2010, at the age of 87. He was raised in Davis, California, where he attended school and graduated from Davis High School in 1940. His undergraduate studies were at the University of California Davis and Berkeley followed by medical school at the University of California San Francisco. He married Stella Marie "Mitzi" Dushane on June 24, 1945. After medical school, Dr. Conrad, then Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Conrad, served in the Navy on Adak Island in the Aleutians from October 1947 to January 1949 as the senior medical officer. They had two children, Raymond Paul Conrad, Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired) of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Catherine Marie Morais of Tours, France. After completion of his pediatric training back at the University of California in San Francisco, they moved to Fresno in July 1951 when Dr. Conrad joined the Fresno Pediatric Group. He had a very successful practice with a specialty in pediatric allergies for over 43 years and played a major role in the Stamp Out Polio Program in the early 1960's. Dr. Conrad retired from practice in 1994 at age 72, but he became even more energized as he researched the benefits of melatonin and vitamin D publishing his findings as recently as July 2009. He also found time to research the family history in depth, tracing the Conrad genealogy. Dr. Conrad and his wife Mitzi, who died in 2006, were active in many organizations including Peace Lutheran Church of Fresno, the Fresno-Madera Medical Society, the Good Shepherd Lutheran Homes of the West, Valley Children's Hospital and the Fresno Philharmonic. His love of travel and energy led to frequent trips with Mitzi around the globe and to family in far-off places. He was truly a man of the world, but his heart and soul were in Fresno. His love of God and his devotion to his family and friends were true measures of his life. Dr. Conrad is survived by his son Raymond and his wife Jackie and grandsons Matthew and Nick; his daughter Cathy and his grandchildren, Lisa Marie Morais and her husband Philippe Charlebois of South Burlington, Vermont, and Nicolas Morais and his wife Magali and his great-granddaughter Anna of Grenoble, France. Visitation will be held at Stephens & Bean Chapel on Sunday, January 24, 2010, from noon to 5:00 p.m. Private Graveside Services will be held at Belmont Memorial Park on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 1:00 p.m . A Memorial Service will be held at Peace Lutheran Church, 4672 N. Cedar Avenue, Fresno, CA. 93726, on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Peace Lutheran Church or the Fresno-Madera Medical Society Scholarship Foundation at P.O. Box 28337, Fresno, CA. 93729.