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Society of the War of 1812
In the State of Michigan
Organized 4, May 1946

NECROLOGY

Compatriot Dr. Philip W. Berstorf, age 9s, died 14 June 2007.  The son of Philip W. Berstorf and Mona E. Rucker, he was born in Cheyey, Kansas 13 November 1914.  A graduate of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (1941), he served with the United States Army Medical Crops during World War II.  He returned to Wichita, became a staff physician at the Wichita VA Hospital, and retired in 1974 as Chief of Medical Service.  Following his retirement from the VA Hospital, he taught at the University of Kansas Medical School.  He was elected a member of the Minnesota Society of the War of 1812, 28 September 1986.  His patriot ancestor was William Downs who served in Captain William Douglass' Company, Ohio Volunteer Militia, August - October 1812; May 1813.