GEORGE W. PATCHEN
HEAD OF FIRST HOSPITAL DIES
Dr. G.W. Patchen, 67, Claimed at Florida Home
Dr. George W. Patchen, 67, who, with his brother-in-law, the late Dr.
R.K. Paine, established the first hospital in Manitowoc over 40 years
ago, died Sunday night at his home in Melbourne, Fla.
Dr. Patchen has been located in Florida the past 17 years. His death
came after a brief illness. He visited in Manitowoc last summer.
Funeral services for Dr. Patchen will be held at Melbourne, Fla.
Wednesday or Thursday.
Dr. Patchen was born in Manitowoc in 1871, the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew Patchen. His father was the first dentist to locate permanently
in Manitowoc. The younger Patchen attended the schools there and later
took a course in the Chicago Medical college at Chicago, from where he
secured his M.D. degree.
Returning to Manitowoc he became an assistant and later a partner of
Dr. R.K. Paine. In the late nineties, the need for a hospital, where
patients could be operated on and persons desiring hospitalization
could be accommodated became apparent. Drs. Paine and Patchen,
established a hospital in a building on North Eighth street, on the
site north of the present Hotel Manitowoc.
This first institution had facilities for eight patients with the best
in operating equipment which was available in these days. Dr. Patchen
continued the practice of medicine in Manitowoc until 1921.
Survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. R.C. Robertson, Providence
R.I., and a grandson, Richard Norris Robertson, Providence.
Two Rivers Reporter, Monday Jan. 9, 1939
HEAD OF FIRST HOSPITAL DIES
Dr. G.W. Patchen, 67, Claimed at Florida Home
Dr. George W. Patchen, 67, who, with his brother-in-law, the late Dr.
R.K. Paine, established the first hospital in Manitowoc over 40 years
ago, died Sunday night at his home in Melbourne, Fla.
Dr. Patchen has been located in Florida the past 17 years. His death
came after a brief illness. He visited in Manitowoc last summer.
Funeral services for Dr. Patchen will be held at Melbourne, Fla.
Wednesday or Thursday.
Dr. Patchen was born in Manitowoc in 1871, the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew Patchen. His father was the first dentist to locate permanently
in Manitowoc. The younger Patchen attended the schools there and later
took a course in the Chicago Medical college at Chicago, from where he
secured his M.D. degree.
Returning to Manitowoc he became an assistant and later a partner of
Dr. R.K. Paine. In the late nineties, the need for a hospital, where
patients could be operated on and persons desiring hospitalization
could be accommodated became apparent. Drs. Paine and Patchen,
established a hospital in a building on North Eighth street, on the
site north of the present Hotel Manitowoc.
This first institution had facilities for eight patients with the best
in operating equipment which was available in these days. Dr. Patchen
continued the practice of medicine in Manitowoc until 1921.
Survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. R.C. Robertson, Providence
R.I., and a grandson, Richard Norris Robertson, Providence.
Two Rivers Reporter, Monday Jan. 9, 1939
GEORGE W. PATCHEN
HEAD OF FIRST HOSPITAL DIES
Dr. G.W. Patchen, 67, Claimed at Florida Home
Dr. George W. Patchen, 67, who, with his brother-in-law, the late Dr.
R.K. Paine, established the first hospital in Manitowoc over 40 years
ago, died Sunday night at his home in Melbourne, Fla.
Dr. Patchen has been located in Florida the past 17 years. His death
came after a brief illness. He visited in Manitowoc last summer.
Funeral services for Dr. Patchen will be held at Melbourne, Fla.
Wednesday or Thursday.
Dr. Patchen was born in Manitowoc in 1871, the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew Patchen. His father was the first dentist to locate permanently
in Manitowoc. The younger Patchen attended the schools there and later
took a course in the Chicago Medical college at Chicago, from where he
secured his M.D. degree.
Returning to Manitowoc he became an assistant and later a partner of
Dr. R.K. Paine. In the late nineties, the need for a hospital, where
patients could be operated on and persons desiring hospitalization
could be accommodated became apparent. Drs. Paine and Patchen,
established a hospital in a building on North Eighth street, on the
site north of the present Hotel Manitowoc.
This first institution had facilities for eight patients with the best
in operating equipment which was available in these days. Dr. Patchen
continued the practice of medicine in Manitowoc until 1921.
Survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. R.C. Robertson, Providence
R.I., and a grandson, Richard Norris Robertson, Providence.
Two Rivers Reporter, Monday Jan. 9, 1939
HEAD OF FIRST HOSPITAL DIES
Dr. G.W. Patchen, 67, Claimed at Florida Home
Dr. George W. Patchen, 67, who, with his brother-in-law, the late Dr.
R.K. Paine, established the first hospital in Manitowoc over 40 years
ago, died Sunday night at his home in Melbourne, Fla.
Dr. Patchen has been located in Florida the past 17 years. His death
came after a brief illness. He visited in Manitowoc last summer.
Funeral services for Dr. Patchen will be held at Melbourne, Fla.
Wednesday or Thursday.
Dr. Patchen was born in Manitowoc in 1871, the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew Patchen. His father was the first dentist to locate permanently
in Manitowoc. The younger Patchen attended the schools there and later
took a course in the Chicago Medical college at Chicago, from where he
secured his M.D. degree.
Returning to Manitowoc he became an assistant and later a partner of
Dr. R.K. Paine. In the late nineties, the need for a hospital, where
patients could be operated on and persons desiring hospitalization
could be accommodated became apparent. Drs. Paine and Patchen,
established a hospital in a building on North Eighth street, on the
site north of the present Hotel Manitowoc.
This first institution had facilities for eight patients with the best
in operating equipment which was available in these days. Dr. Patchen
continued the practice of medicine in Manitowoc until 1921.
Survivors are the widow; a daughter, Mrs. R.C. Robertson, Providence
R.I., and a grandson, Richard Norris Robertson, Providence.
Two Rivers Reporter, Monday Jan. 9, 1939
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