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David Sutherland Obituary

June 18, 1923-April 21, 2006

David H. Sutherland, 82, of La Jolla died April 21. He was born in China and was a physician at San Diego Children ' s Hospital. He served in the Air Force.

Survivors include his wife, Mildred Sutherland; daughters, Anne Abel of Charleston, S.C., and Kathleen Sutherland of Spokane, Wash.; sons, David Sutherland of Redmond, Wash., Thomas Sutherland of Spokane, Paul Sutherland of Placerville and Jeffrey Sutherland of La Mesa; sisters, Margaret Carlson of Lockport, Ill., and Ellen Reisch of Nampa, Idaho; brothers, John Sutherland of Atkinson, Neb., Robert Sutherland of Sacramento, Frank Sutherland of Boise, Idaho, and Paul Sutherland of Nampa; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. May 19, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma.

Inurnment: after services, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

Arrangements: Paris-Frederick Mortuary.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by San Diego Union-Tribune on May 4, 2006.

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