Vernon L. "Bud" Goltry M.D.

1935 - 2021

Vernon L. "Bud" Goltry, M.D.
December 4, 1935 - August 24, 2021
Boise, Idaho - Vernon L. "Bud" Goltry, 85, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 in Boise, Idaho. A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 10, at 1p.m., at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, 5400 Fairview Ave. Boise, 83706. For those who cannot attend in person, the service will be available for livestream beginning at 1:00 p.m. as well as a Web Tribute Page available to leave comments at www.aldenwaggoner.com/vernongoltry
Vernon was born on December 4, 1935 in Enid, Oklahoma, to Vernon L. Goltry, Jr. and Mildred (Francisco) Goltry. Bud was raised in Enid, Oklahoma and graduated from Enid High School. He had decided to study medicine at an early age and went on to college at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. After graduation he went on to Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree. He did his internship at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City and General Surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City. He entered the University of Iowa, Hospitals and Clinics to complete his specialty training in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He completed his residency as Chief of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Irwin Army Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas. He then received his Board Certification in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.
In 1969 he moved with his wife, Marilyn, and four children to Boise, Idaho, to begin his solo private practice. He and his second wife, Claudia, added two more children to his life. In 2000 at the age of 65, he slowed his workload to three or four days a week.
He owned and operated a solo specialty medical practice and said he would never retire. At 85, with his skills intact, he was still taking care of patients and performing surgeries until he fell ill on August 16th and succumbed to his illness on August 24th. He served the people of The Treasure Valley, and all of Idaho, for 52 years, performing surgeries at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, and St Luke's Meridian Medical Center
He was a life member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Past President, and served on the Board of Directors for ten plus years.
Vernon married Sharon Elaine (Maas) Sherwood, on September 29, 2006 in Boise, Idaho.
In his younger years his hobbies were mostly outdoors. He loved bird hunting, fishing, hiking, spending time alone in nature, and raising his children. He was adamant about his children's education, helping them all get through college. He taught his youngest two children and two grandchildren to read with the AlphaPhonics method when they were five or six, and they all benefited from that experience.
After 1972, his interests changed dramatically, and he fell in Love with the Grace of Jesus Christ. He left organized religion and became a truth seeker, reading everything he felt impressed to read about God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ. He loved to share the knowledge he felt God gave him, and those who listened have been blessed.
He is survived by his wife Sharon Goltry; his sister, Letty (Goltry) Barnes, Boise; six children and two step children - Carrie Lynn (Goltry) Washington; Michael Winfield Goltry, Arizona; Lettie Kirk, Idaho; Brian Winfield Goltry, Idaho; John Claude Goltry, Kentucky; Sara Rose (Goltry) Kuritis, Idaho; Angela Christina (Root) White, California; and Richard Gene Victory, Arizona; and eight grandchildren: Nicholas Rorem, Mitchell Rorem, Gwyn Goltry, Sydney Goltry, Jack Goltry, Louisa Goltry, Charlile Moulton, and Frannie Moulton.
He was preceded in death by Parents, Mildred and Vernon Goltry, and brother-in-law, Jim Barnes.