Advertisement

Dr David Eugene Poag

Advertisement

Dr David Eugene Poag

Birth
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Aug 1985 (aged 38)
Voorhees, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
South Roxana, Madison County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 4; Lot 91; Grave 1
Memorial ID
View Source
The son of Gilbert E. Poag and Margaret Knipping, David attended Bloomington High School* in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. He was inducted into the National Honor Society there on 18 Feb 1965 during his senior year and graduated from BHS as a member of the Class of 1965.

He earned a bachelor of science degree from Illinois State University at Normal. He did graduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he earned a master of business administration. He received his doctorate from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.

David married Linda Jordan in 1975. They were the parents of 2 children, and the family lived in Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey. He worked as an assistant hospital administrator at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Haddonfield.

David died of leukemia at the Eastern Division of West Jersey Hospital. He had been a patient there for 6 days. At the time of his death, he was 38 years, 4 months and 5 days old.

He was survived by his wife; his mother and father; 1 son; 1 daughter; his maternal grandmother, Mary M. Knipping Branding of Granite City, Illinois; and 1 brother, Douglas Poag of Bloomington, Illinois.

Visitation was held on 18 Feb 2008 at Holl-Murphy Funeral Home in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Funeral services were conducted there at 8:30 p.m. that evening.

David's ashes were buried next to his paternal grandfather, Louis A. Knipping.

The family requested that memorials, if desired, be made to the Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia.

Children: 1 son, 1 daughter.

Father of:
(Living) Poag
(Living) Poag

David's sibling:
Douglas Lynn "Doug" Poag

----------

*David attended school in Monroe County, Indiana for a time before graduating from Bloomington High School in McLean County, Illinois. Click here to view memorials for David's deceased classmates from his days in Monroe County, Indiana.
The son of Gilbert E. Poag and Margaret Knipping, David attended Bloomington High School* in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. He was inducted into the National Honor Society there on 18 Feb 1965 during his senior year and graduated from BHS as a member of the Class of 1965.

He earned a bachelor of science degree from Illinois State University at Normal. He did graduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he earned a master of business administration. He received his doctorate from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.

David married Linda Jordan in 1975. They were the parents of 2 children, and the family lived in Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey. He worked as an assistant hospital administrator at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Haddonfield.

David died of leukemia at the Eastern Division of West Jersey Hospital. He had been a patient there for 6 days. At the time of his death, he was 38 years, 4 months and 5 days old.

He was survived by his wife; his mother and father; 1 son; 1 daughter; his maternal grandmother, Mary M. Knipping Branding of Granite City, Illinois; and 1 brother, Douglas Poag of Bloomington, Illinois.

Visitation was held on 18 Feb 2008 at Holl-Murphy Funeral Home in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Funeral services were conducted there at 8:30 p.m. that evening.

David's ashes were buried next to his paternal grandfather, Louis A. Knipping.

The family requested that memorials, if desired, be made to the Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia.

Children: 1 son, 1 daughter.

Father of:
(Living) Poag
(Living) Poag

David's sibling:
Douglas Lynn "Doug" Poag

----------

*David attended school in Monroe County, Indiana for a time before graduating from Bloomington High School in McLean County, Illinois. Click here to view memorials for David's deceased classmates from his days in Monroe County, Indiana.

Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY

Gravesite Details

Double click on photo to enlarge image.



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Created by: Lynn
  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100962349/david_eugene-poag: accessed ), memorial page for Dr David Eugene Poag (3 Apr 1947–8 Aug 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100962349, citing Wanda Cemetery, South Roxana, Madison County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Lynn (contributor 47138895).