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- Dr. Chester C. Doherty, well known Clay City physician and surgeon, passed away Wednesday in a Chicago hospital.
The son of pioneer residents of Clay City, Dr. Doherty was a graduate of the NorthwesternUniversity College of Medicine, where he taught from 1932 until 1962. He had also served on the staffs of Passavant Hospital and Cook County Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Doherty returned to Clay City in 1963 where he has since practiced his profession. He was well known in this area
and was also on the staff of the Richland Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Bernadine, and five sons: Richard J. of Brooklyn, S.D., Chester C. Jr. of Chicago, Roger D. of Taiwan, Nationalist China, Anthony of Washington, D.C., and R. W. (Bill) of Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. Kittie Tucker and Miss Maude Doherty both of Boonville, Indiana.
His parents, a sister, Mrs. Ethel Duff, and three brothers, Dr. S. S. Doherty, D. Robert Doherty and Tony Doherty of Eldorado preceded him in death.
During World War II, Dr. Doherty served as Lieutenant Colonel and was an assistant flight commandant in the Air
Force. He was also certified by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and also by the American College of Surgeons.
Private funeral services were held in Chicago. The remains were cremated at the request of Dr. Doherty .
Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, July, 1970.
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1894 - 1970 (76 years)
