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Joseph, Dr. Donald John age 84, of Lebanon, Illinois, born September 24, 1922 died April 23, 2007 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL. Donald attended the University of Illinois and earned his M.D. degree in 1946 at Saint Louis University. Following an internship at Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis, he entered the United States Army Medical Corps. He retired from the Army in 1967. Dr. Joseph joined the faculty at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, MO as Professor and Chief of Otolaryngology in 1967. Dr. Joseph retired from the University of Missouri in 1985 and was awarded Professor-Emeritus status. Don was an active member of the Lebanon Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Margaret (Sortor); a son, a daughter; two grandsons, a sister and a niece.Services:Memorial Service Saturday, May 26, 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Lebanon, Lebanon, IL. Arrangements by MEYER Funeral Home, Lebanon, IL.

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Apr. 27 to May 4, 2007.

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Don Bevirt

May 24, 2007

To the family of Dr, Don Joseph,
My name is Donald Andrew Bevirt, my father Don Bevirt was Dr. Joseph’s roommate at U of I. in the year before WWII and a fellow scout in troop 35, as was I. My father always spoke fondly of his trip to Nova Scotia that he and Don participated in during their scouting years.
I was saddened to hear of his passing when my aunt Joan Blank (Bevirt) called. She expressed a profound sadness at Don’s passing and since she is now living in the New Bern N.C. she asked me to forward her respects.
After reading the obit. In the paper I can see that Dr. Joseph was a very special man. It is a good man that remembers where he came from and what makes life worthwhile. I am certain that he will be missed by his family and friends but remembered for his deeds and actions as well.
Please accept my sympathies on behalf of myself and of course my aunt Joan.
Don Bevirt

Donna Jenkins

April 25, 2007

I spoke to Dr. Joseph a few times over the years mostly by phone from the Department of Otolaryngology at Univ. of MO in Columbia. He was a very nice man.I have worked in the Department for 20 years/Adm. Assistant and came after he left. May your memories comfort you.

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