Dr. John Barlow

1933 - 2024

Dr. John Barlow

March 12, 1933 - September 20, 2024

Dr. John Ford Barlow, MD, 91, died on Friday, September 20, 2024, in Rapid City.

John was born March 12, 1933, in Glen Ridge, N.J.

While he was a medical student at Dartmouth, John met Anne Eldora Woodbury and they married in 1957.

John completed his residency in Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1963 and then spent two years of active-duty service at Womack Army hospital at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C.

He became a partner at the Laboratory of Clinical Medicine in Sioux Falls in 1965. During his tenure at the LCM, he taught at the University of South Dakota Medical School and taught local students in medical technology at Sioux Valley Hospital. In 1984 he joined the Clinical Laboratory of the Black Hills in Rapid City. John retired from practice in 2003. John and his wife Anne were active supportive members of the Black Hills Arts community. John served on the boards of the Black Hills Playhouse and other local arts organizations.

During his career, John received numerous teaching awards and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2017. John was also chief-of-staff at both Sioux Valley and Rapid City Regional Hospital and was a member of the board of directors at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

John is survived by his two daughters, Deborah Barlow Smedstad (Gus), Albuquerque, N.M. and Karen Barlow Boulineaux (Wallace), Vienna, Va.; as well as three grandchildren, Christina, Scott and Julianne. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anne; and his parents, Mary Adele Smith Barlow and John Philip Barlow.

Memorial donations may be made to the John Ford Barlow Scholarship Fund at the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, 414 East Clarke Street, Vermillion, S.D. 57069.

His Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 11 a.m., at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A reception will follow at the Hotel Alex Johnson, Lincoln Room at 12 p.m..

Burial of Cremains will take place privately at Mt. View Cemetery.

Please visit the online memorial for Dr. Barlow at: www.OsheimSchmidt.com.