Memorial today for Tri-Valley's first woman doctor
By Eric Louie Valley Times
POSTED: 09/29/2008 07:44:39 PM PDT
LIVERMORE — Grace E. Devnich, a longtime Livermore resident and the first female doctor in the Tri-Valley, died Sept. 23. She was 100.
A memorial will be held today will be at 1 p.m. at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave.
"She was a pioneer in many ways," said her daughter Carolyn Zuk, of Livermore.
Besides being the area's first female doctor, she and her husband, Henry, were general practitioners with their own business. The had the area's first electrocardiogram machine, and the pair started the area's first blood bank from their office and did the analysis for cross matching.
Zuk said her mother practiced medicine at a time when doctors took care of patients' complete needs, as opposed to having multiple specialists. She went on house calls and ambulance rides. Devnich also delivered numerous babies.
Devnich was a native of Boulder, Colo. She got her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and her master's from Colorado College.
She and her husband met in college and married in 1929. They taught school together in Nebraska and Colorado to raise money for medical school. Grace Devnich attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1945.
Zuk said there were few opportunities for women at the time, but her mom got a chance through Santa Clara County Hospital. The couple came to California to do their internship and residency there, living above the hospital wards because there was no residence for women. It was also through the hospital that they met Zuk, who they adopted.
The couple ran their practice from an office on South L Street near the house they built together.
Devnich retired in 1981, but during her career she also worked at the Alameda County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Livermore and was on the ValleyCare Hospital medical staff. Her husband died in 1992.
In recent years, Devnich spent time writing. Her latest book, "Oxsana's Journey," was about her mother-in-law and was written in 1998. Zuk said there is also some unpublished work, which the local historical society is interested in.
Epitaph
Name: Grace Devnich
Born: Dec. 30, 1907
Died: Sept. 23, 2008
Raised: Boulder, Colo.
Residence: Livermore
Survivors: Daughter Carolyn Zuk and son-in-law Richard Zuk of Livermore; brother T.J. Evans Jr. of Camarillo and sister Thelma Scuka of Silver Spring, Md.; one grandson and one great-grandson and many nieces and nephews.
Services: Interment will be 1 p.m. today at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave. Livermore.
By Eric Louie Valley Times
POSTED: 09/29/2008 07:44:39 PM PDT
LIVERMORE — Grace E. Devnich, a longtime Livermore resident and the first female doctor in the Tri-Valley, died Sept. 23. She was 100.
A memorial will be held today will be at 1 p.m. at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave.
"She was a pioneer in many ways," said her daughter Carolyn Zuk, of Livermore.
Besides being the area's first female doctor, she and her husband, Henry, were general practitioners with their own business. The had the area's first electrocardiogram machine, and the pair started the area's first blood bank from their office and did the analysis for cross matching.
Zuk said her mother practiced medicine at a time when doctors took care of patients' complete needs, as opposed to having multiple specialists. She went on house calls and ambulance rides. Devnich also delivered numerous babies.
Devnich was a native of Boulder, Colo. She got her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and her master's from Colorado College.
She and her husband met in college and married in 1929. They taught school together in Nebraska and Colorado to raise money for medical school. Grace Devnich attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1945.
Zuk said there were few opportunities for women at the time, but her mom got a chance through Santa Clara County Hospital. The couple came to California to do their internship and residency there, living above the hospital wards because there was no residence for women. It was also through the hospital that they met Zuk, who they adopted.
The couple ran their practice from an office on South L Street near the house they built together.
Devnich retired in 1981, but during her career she also worked at the Alameda County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Livermore and was on the ValleyCare Hospital medical staff. Her husband died in 1992.
In recent years, Devnich spent time writing. Her latest book, "Oxsana's Journey," was about her mother-in-law and was written in 1998. Zuk said there is also some unpublished work, which the local historical society is interested in.
Epitaph
Name: Grace Devnich
Born: Dec. 30, 1907
Died: Sept. 23, 2008
Raised: Boulder, Colo.
Residence: Livermore
Survivors: Daughter Carolyn Zuk and son-in-law Richard Zuk of Livermore; brother T.J. Evans Jr. of Camarillo and sister Thelma Scuka of Silver Spring, Md.; one grandson and one great-grandson and many nieces and nephews.
Services: Interment will be 1 p.m. today at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave. Livermore.
Memorial today for Tri-Valley's first woman doctor
By Eric Louie Valley Times
POSTED: 09/29/2008 07:44:39 PM PDT
LIVERMORE — Grace E. Devnich, a longtime Livermore resident and the first female doctor in the Tri-Valley, died Sept. 23. She was 100.
A memorial will be held today will be at 1 p.m. at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave.
"She was a pioneer in many ways," said her daughter Carolyn Zuk, of Livermore.
Besides being the area's first female doctor, she and her husband, Henry, were general practitioners with their own business. The had the area's first electrocardiogram machine, and the pair started the area's first blood bank from their office and did the analysis for cross matching.
Zuk said her mother practiced medicine at a time when doctors took care of patients' complete needs, as opposed to having multiple specialists. She went on house calls and ambulance rides. Devnich also delivered numerous babies.
Devnich was a native of Boulder, Colo. She got her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and her master's from Colorado College.
She and her husband met in college and married in 1929. They taught school together in Nebraska and Colorado to raise money for medical school. Grace Devnich attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1945.
Zuk said there were few opportunities for women at the time, but her mom got a chance through Santa Clara County Hospital. The couple came to California to do their internship and residency there, living above the hospital wards because there was no residence for women. It was also through the hospital that they met Zuk, who they adopted.
The couple ran their practice from an office on South L Street near the house they built together.
Devnich retired in 1981, but during her career she also worked at the Alameda County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Livermore and was on the ValleyCare Hospital medical staff. Her husband died in 1992.
In recent years, Devnich spent time writing. Her latest book, "Oxsana's Journey," was about her mother-in-law and was written in 1998. Zuk said there is also some unpublished work, which the local historical society is interested in.
Epitaph
Name: Grace Devnich
Born: Dec. 30, 1907
Died: Sept. 23, 2008
Raised: Boulder, Colo.
Residence: Livermore
Survivors: Daughter Carolyn Zuk and son-in-law Richard Zuk of Livermore; brother T.J. Evans Jr. of Camarillo and sister Thelma Scuka of Silver Spring, Md.; one grandson and one great-grandson and many nieces and nephews.
Services: Interment will be 1 p.m. today at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave. Livermore.
By Eric Louie Valley Times
POSTED: 09/29/2008 07:44:39 PM PDT
LIVERMORE — Grace E. Devnich, a longtime Livermore resident and the first female doctor in the Tri-Valley, died Sept. 23. She was 100.
A memorial will be held today will be at 1 p.m. at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave.
"She was a pioneer in many ways," said her daughter Carolyn Zuk, of Livermore.
Besides being the area's first female doctor, she and her husband, Henry, were general practitioners with their own business. The had the area's first electrocardiogram machine, and the pair started the area's first blood bank from their office and did the analysis for cross matching.
Zuk said her mother practiced medicine at a time when doctors took care of patients' complete needs, as opposed to having multiple specialists. She went on house calls and ambulance rides. Devnich also delivered numerous babies.
Devnich was a native of Boulder, Colo. She got her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and her master's from Colorado College.
She and her husband met in college and married in 1929. They taught school together in Nebraska and Colorado to raise money for medical school. Grace Devnich attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1945.
Zuk said there were few opportunities for women at the time, but her mom got a chance through Santa Clara County Hospital. The couple came to California to do their internship and residency there, living above the hospital wards because there was no residence for women. It was also through the hospital that they met Zuk, who they adopted.
The couple ran their practice from an office on South L Street near the house they built together.
Devnich retired in 1981, but during her career she also worked at the Alameda County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Livermore and was on the ValleyCare Hospital medical staff. Her husband died in 1992.
In recent years, Devnich spent time writing. Her latest book, "Oxsana's Journey," was about her mother-in-law and was written in 1998. Zuk said there is also some unpublished work, which the local historical society is interested in.
Epitaph
Name: Grace Devnich
Born: Dec. 30, 1907
Died: Sept. 23, 2008
Raised: Boulder, Colo.
Residence: Livermore
Survivors: Daughter Carolyn Zuk and son-in-law Richard Zuk of Livermore; brother T.J. Evans Jr. of Camarillo and sister Thelma Scuka of Silver Spring, Md.; one grandson and one great-grandson and many nieces and nephews.
Services: Interment will be 1 p.m. today at Memory Gardens, 3873 East Ave. Livermore.
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