Dr. Robert Cleveland Sievers, a practicing physician in Somerset for many years, died Saturday at the Somerset City Hospital after an illness of two weeks.
The son of Leondias Breckinridge and Martha Ellen Cain Sievers, he was born December 9, 1883 at Cain Town in Pulaski County.
Dr. Sievers was a member of the First Baptist Church, Somerset. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1908 and began practice in Pine Knot. He was physician for the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company prior to coming to Somerset.
Dr. Sievers served in the Medical Corps in World War I and was discharged with the rank of captain. He was a Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club, American Legion, and was a member of the Somerset School Board for many years.
He was a director of the Citizens National Bank and was active in the Democratic Party.
Dr. Sievers was married to Ellen Toomey.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Irene Smith, Denver, Colo., Mrs. Doty Jackson, Kosciusko, Miss., and two sosn, Clarence and Robert Sievers, both of Somerset, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Gangloff, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Beatrice Woody, Roxboro, N.C.
Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Chapel of the Somerset Undertaking Company with the Rev. Eldred Taylor officiating. Burial in the Mill Springs National Cemetery.
Somerset Undertaking Company in charge of arrangements.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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They just don't make men like Robert Cleveland Sievers any more.
For more than half a century he gave health, love, and kindness to thousands of people in South Central Kentucky. He gave leadership and honor to the many civic organizations to which he belonged. He gave of his time and his abilities to provide Somerset with better schools for her youth during the many years he served on the board of education.
Dr. Sievers was a doctor of the old school. By horseback, by river boat , or by foot, regardless of the weather, he covered Pulaski and McCreary Counties bringing his powers of healing to those in need. Hospitals and clinics were practically unheard of in this section of the state during Dr. Sievers' early days of practice and he had to make do in the homes with the medical instruments he carried in his little black bag. Miracles in medicine were performed by physicians such as Dr. Sievers in those days.
He helped change those conditions during his lifetime of practice. He was a part of the revolution in medical technology during and immediately following World War I. He served his country as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the war and then returned home to bring the new techniques in medical treatment to South Central Kentucky.
Dr. Sievers found inspiration from seeing birth, healthy growth, and development. Undoubtedly this influenced him to take up farming, first as a hobby and later as an example to other farmers of good farm practices. He was honored as Pulaski County's master farmer one year.
The record of Dr. Sievers' life and service will long be remembered in Pulaski and surrounding counties where he served so untiringly and faithfully as long as his own health permitted.
In our memories we honor him for what he was and what he did.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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It was much sorrow that I read of the death of Dr. R.C. Sievers. Though he was a classmate of my father in the old Louisville Medical School, I never met him personally. But, for the past 12 years I have sent him untold veterans from this area when they were in need of physicals to apply for pensions and compensation.
He was always willing to give his time to these veterans and give them a full report and a full physical examination at a very reasonable cost. And, it has been very few times that I sent him one who was ever turned down for a pension.
Because of his generosity, his reasonable charges, and the time spent with these veterans, our post presented him with a certificate of recognition a few years back. He was very grateful and I understand he showed it to many veterans I later sent to him for examinations.
The veterans of this area will miss him. As service officer of this post, I know that we will miss him. We will sound Taps for him.
There is a poem entitled "Old Doc Brown" that fits Dr. Sievers and all of the doctors of the old school.
I am sure there are many hundreds of veterans who are now drawing compensation and pensions who owe it to Dr. Sievers for the careful examinations he made and the full reports he gave in their behalf. If he had not taken of his time to give these veterans the close examinations that he did, I am sure many would never have made it.
For all this and many other good things he did for the people, I am sure he has a seat on the right hand of the Master, now viewing us from a high throne by the Master's side.
Maurice G. Howard
Service Officer
Claude Smith Post 291
American Legion
DAV Chapter 42
Crab Orchard, Ky.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 15, 1966.
Military Information: CAPT, US ARMY
The son of Leondias Breckinridge and Martha Ellen Cain Sievers, he was born December 9, 1883 at Cain Town in Pulaski County.
Dr. Sievers was a member of the First Baptist Church, Somerset. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1908 and began practice in Pine Knot. He was physician for the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company prior to coming to Somerset.
Dr. Sievers served in the Medical Corps in World War I and was discharged with the rank of captain. He was a Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club, American Legion, and was a member of the Somerset School Board for many years.
He was a director of the Citizens National Bank and was active in the Democratic Party.
Dr. Sievers was married to Ellen Toomey.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Irene Smith, Denver, Colo., Mrs. Doty Jackson, Kosciusko, Miss., and two sosn, Clarence and Robert Sievers, both of Somerset, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Gangloff, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Beatrice Woody, Roxboro, N.C.
Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Chapel of the Somerset Undertaking Company with the Rev. Eldred Taylor officiating. Burial in the Mill Springs National Cemetery.
Somerset Undertaking Company in charge of arrangements.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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They just don't make men like Robert Cleveland Sievers any more.
For more than half a century he gave health, love, and kindness to thousands of people in South Central Kentucky. He gave leadership and honor to the many civic organizations to which he belonged. He gave of his time and his abilities to provide Somerset with better schools for her youth during the many years he served on the board of education.
Dr. Sievers was a doctor of the old school. By horseback, by river boat , or by foot, regardless of the weather, he covered Pulaski and McCreary Counties bringing his powers of healing to those in need. Hospitals and clinics were practically unheard of in this section of the state during Dr. Sievers' early days of practice and he had to make do in the homes with the medical instruments he carried in his little black bag. Miracles in medicine were performed by physicians such as Dr. Sievers in those days.
He helped change those conditions during his lifetime of practice. He was a part of the revolution in medical technology during and immediately following World War I. He served his country as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the war and then returned home to bring the new techniques in medical treatment to South Central Kentucky.
Dr. Sievers found inspiration from seeing birth, healthy growth, and development. Undoubtedly this influenced him to take up farming, first as a hobby and later as an example to other farmers of good farm practices. He was honored as Pulaski County's master farmer one year.
The record of Dr. Sievers' life and service will long be remembered in Pulaski and surrounding counties where he served so untiringly and faithfully as long as his own health permitted.
In our memories we honor him for what he was and what he did.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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It was much sorrow that I read of the death of Dr. R.C. Sievers. Though he was a classmate of my father in the old Louisville Medical School, I never met him personally. But, for the past 12 years I have sent him untold veterans from this area when they were in need of physicals to apply for pensions and compensation.
He was always willing to give his time to these veterans and give them a full report and a full physical examination at a very reasonable cost. And, it has been very few times that I sent him one who was ever turned down for a pension.
Because of his generosity, his reasonable charges, and the time spent with these veterans, our post presented him with a certificate of recognition a few years back. He was very grateful and I understand he showed it to many veterans I later sent to him for examinations.
The veterans of this area will miss him. As service officer of this post, I know that we will miss him. We will sound Taps for him.
There is a poem entitled "Old Doc Brown" that fits Dr. Sievers and all of the doctors of the old school.
I am sure there are many hundreds of veterans who are now drawing compensation and pensions who owe it to Dr. Sievers for the careful examinations he made and the full reports he gave in their behalf. If he had not taken of his time to give these veterans the close examinations that he did, I am sure many would never have made it.
For all this and many other good things he did for the people, I am sure he has a seat on the right hand of the Master, now viewing us from a high throne by the Master's side.
Maurice G. Howard
Service Officer
Claude Smith Post 291
American Legion
DAV Chapter 42
Crab Orchard, Ky.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 15, 1966.
Military Information: CAPT, US ARMY
Dr. Robert Cleveland Sievers, a practicing physician in Somerset for many years, died Saturday at the Somerset City Hospital after an illness of two weeks.
The son of Leondias Breckinridge and Martha Ellen Cain Sievers, he was born December 9, 1883 at Cain Town in Pulaski County.
Dr. Sievers was a member of the First Baptist Church, Somerset. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1908 and began practice in Pine Knot. He was physician for the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company prior to coming to Somerset.
Dr. Sievers served in the Medical Corps in World War I and was discharged with the rank of captain. He was a Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club, American Legion, and was a member of the Somerset School Board for many years.
He was a director of the Citizens National Bank and was active in the Democratic Party.
Dr. Sievers was married to Ellen Toomey.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Irene Smith, Denver, Colo., Mrs. Doty Jackson, Kosciusko, Miss., and two sosn, Clarence and Robert Sievers, both of Somerset, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Gangloff, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Beatrice Woody, Roxboro, N.C.
Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Chapel of the Somerset Undertaking Company with the Rev. Eldred Taylor officiating. Burial in the Mill Springs National Cemetery.
Somerset Undertaking Company in charge of arrangements.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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They just don't make men like Robert Cleveland Sievers any more.
For more than half a century he gave health, love, and kindness to thousands of people in South Central Kentucky. He gave leadership and honor to the many civic organizations to which he belonged. He gave of his time and his abilities to provide Somerset with better schools for her youth during the many years he served on the board of education.
Dr. Sievers was a doctor of the old school. By horseback, by river boat , or by foot, regardless of the weather, he covered Pulaski and McCreary Counties bringing his powers of healing to those in need. Hospitals and clinics were practically unheard of in this section of the state during Dr. Sievers' early days of practice and he had to make do in the homes with the medical instruments he carried in his little black bag. Miracles in medicine were performed by physicians such as Dr. Sievers in those days.
He helped change those conditions during his lifetime of practice. He was a part of the revolution in medical technology during and immediately following World War I. He served his country as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the war and then returned home to bring the new techniques in medical treatment to South Central Kentucky.
Dr. Sievers found inspiration from seeing birth, healthy growth, and development. Undoubtedly this influenced him to take up farming, first as a hobby and later as an example to other farmers of good farm practices. He was honored as Pulaski County's master farmer one year.
The record of Dr. Sievers' life and service will long be remembered in Pulaski and surrounding counties where he served so untiringly and faithfully as long as his own health permitted.
In our memories we honor him for what he was and what he did.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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It was much sorrow that I read of the death of Dr. R.C. Sievers. Though he was a classmate of my father in the old Louisville Medical School, I never met him personally. But, for the past 12 years I have sent him untold veterans from this area when they were in need of physicals to apply for pensions and compensation.
He was always willing to give his time to these veterans and give them a full report and a full physical examination at a very reasonable cost. And, it has been very few times that I sent him one who was ever turned down for a pension.
Because of his generosity, his reasonable charges, and the time spent with these veterans, our post presented him with a certificate of recognition a few years back. He was very grateful and I understand he showed it to many veterans I later sent to him for examinations.
The veterans of this area will miss him. As service officer of this post, I know that we will miss him. We will sound Taps for him.
There is a poem entitled "Old Doc Brown" that fits Dr. Sievers and all of the doctors of the old school.
I am sure there are many hundreds of veterans who are now drawing compensation and pensions who owe it to Dr. Sievers for the careful examinations he made and the full reports he gave in their behalf. If he had not taken of his time to give these veterans the close examinations that he did, I am sure many would never have made it.
For all this and many other good things he did for the people, I am sure he has a seat on the right hand of the Master, now viewing us from a high throne by the Master's side.
Maurice G. Howard
Service Officer
Claude Smith Post 291
American Legion
DAV Chapter 42
Crab Orchard, Ky.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 15, 1966.
Military Information: CAPT, US ARMY
The son of Leondias Breckinridge and Martha Ellen Cain Sievers, he was born December 9, 1883 at Cain Town in Pulaski County.
Dr. Sievers was a member of the First Baptist Church, Somerset. He graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1908 and began practice in Pine Knot. He was physician for the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company prior to coming to Somerset.
Dr. Sievers served in the Medical Corps in World War I and was discharged with the rank of captain. He was a Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club, American Legion, and was a member of the Somerset School Board for many years.
He was a director of the Citizens National Bank and was active in the Democratic Party.
Dr. Sievers was married to Ellen Toomey.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Irene Smith, Denver, Colo., Mrs. Doty Jackson, Kosciusko, Miss., and two sosn, Clarence and Robert Sievers, both of Somerset, and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Gangloff, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Beatrice Woody, Roxboro, N.C.
Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Chapel of the Somerset Undertaking Company with the Rev. Eldred Taylor officiating. Burial in the Mill Springs National Cemetery.
Somerset Undertaking Company in charge of arrangements.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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They just don't make men like Robert Cleveland Sievers any more.
For more than half a century he gave health, love, and kindness to thousands of people in South Central Kentucky. He gave leadership and honor to the many civic organizations to which he belonged. He gave of his time and his abilities to provide Somerset with better schools for her youth during the many years he served on the board of education.
Dr. Sievers was a doctor of the old school. By horseback, by river boat , or by foot, regardless of the weather, he covered Pulaski and McCreary Counties bringing his powers of healing to those in need. Hospitals and clinics were practically unheard of in this section of the state during Dr. Sievers' early days of practice and he had to make do in the homes with the medical instruments he carried in his little black bag. Miracles in medicine were performed by physicians such as Dr. Sievers in those days.
He helped change those conditions during his lifetime of practice. He was a part of the revolution in medical technology during and immediately following World War I. He served his country as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the war and then returned home to bring the new techniques in medical treatment to South Central Kentucky.
Dr. Sievers found inspiration from seeing birth, healthy growth, and development. Undoubtedly this influenced him to take up farming, first as a hobby and later as an example to other farmers of good farm practices. He was honored as Pulaski County's master farmer one year.
The record of Dr. Sievers' life and service will long be remembered in Pulaski and surrounding counties where he served so untiringly and faithfully as long as his own health permitted.
In our memories we honor him for what he was and what he did.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 8, 1966.
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It was much sorrow that I read of the death of Dr. R.C. Sievers. Though he was a classmate of my father in the old Louisville Medical School, I never met him personally. But, for the past 12 years I have sent him untold veterans from this area when they were in need of physicals to apply for pensions and compensation.
He was always willing to give his time to these veterans and give them a full report and a full physical examination at a very reasonable cost. And, it has been very few times that I sent him one who was ever turned down for a pension.
Because of his generosity, his reasonable charges, and the time spent with these veterans, our post presented him with a certificate of recognition a few years back. He was very grateful and I understand he showed it to many veterans I later sent to him for examinations.
The veterans of this area will miss him. As service officer of this post, I know that we will miss him. We will sound Taps for him.
There is a poem entitled "Old Doc Brown" that fits Dr. Sievers and all of the doctors of the old school.
I am sure there are many hundreds of veterans who are now drawing compensation and pensions who owe it to Dr. Sievers for the careful examinations he made and the full reports he gave in their behalf. If he had not taken of his time to give these veterans the close examinations that he did, I am sure many would never have made it.
For all this and many other good things he did for the people, I am sure he has a seat on the right hand of the Master, now viewing us from a high throne by the Master's side.
Maurice G. Howard
Service Officer
Claude Smith Post 291
American Legion
DAV Chapter 42
Crab Orchard, Ky.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Tuesday, March 15, 1966.
Military Information: CAPT, US ARMY
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