This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ide, Smith, Duke, Austin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2362 Message Board Post: Thursday, July 03, 2003 Dr. Arthur W. Ide Jr., 85 Dr. Arthur W. Ide Jr., 85, of Golden Valley, Minn., died Thursday, June 26, at the N.C. Little Hospital in Edina, Minn., after a prolonged illness. He was born in Brainerd, Minn., grew up in St. Paul, attended St. Paul Academy, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Mich. At the University of Minnesota Medical School he received an M.S. degree in surgery. During World War II, he was a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and served as a battalion surgeon in Europe. He practiced surgery in Minneapolis at Park Nicollet from 1951 until retirement in 1992. He was chief of staff at the former Minneapolis Eitel Hospital that closed in 1985 and was president of the Minneapolis Surgical Society as well as a member of the Minnesota Surgical Society. He loved sailing, skiing, travel and the family cabin on Star Island. In 1951 he married his wife, Nadine, who became one of the first female dermatologists in Minnesota. She practiced under her maiden name, Dr. Nadine Smith. Survivors are his wife, Nadine; two sons, Dr. Arthur W. (Lisa) Ide III of Minneapolis and J. Warner (Carey) Ide of Hudson; two daughters, Genet (Ed) Duke of Rapid City, S.D., and Karolyn “Kiki” (Donald Austin) Ide of Rennes, France; and 13 grandchildren. A memorial service was at 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis. Memorials are preferred to St. Mark’s, Dartmouth College or the donor’s choice. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/Main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&ArticleID=8017