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From: "Jon Saunders" <>
Subject: Dr. George Thorngate 1893-1991
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:41:52 -0500

"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 17, 1991, p 24.
Dr. George Thorngate, Sr., 97, of Pebble Beach, Calif., died Saturday,
Jan. 5, 1991. Memorial services, performed by Dr. Wayne Rood, a cousin,
were held January 7, at the Little Chapel by the Sea in Pacific Grove,
Calif.
Dr. Thorngate was born October 14, 1893 in North Loup, Neb., the son of
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Thorngate. He graduated from Milton College in 1916
and served as a captain in the infantry during World War I, receiving the
Distinguished Service Cross. He received his medical degree from Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1923. He married Helen Shaw on
August 10, 1920. Beginning in 1924, Dr. Thorngate and his family spent many
years on the China mission field, establishing a hospital in Liuho for the
Seventh Day Baptist denomination, until ultimately forced out by the
Communists in 1950.
In 1952, Dr. Thorngate and his eldest son, George IV, established a
medical practice in Monterey, Calif. They were later joined by his other
three sons, David, Stephen and Philip, as each completed his medical
specialty training. Dr. Thorngate Sr. retired from practice after he was 90
years old.
His wife, Helen, died March 1975. In June 1976, Dr. Thorngate married
Sam-Kih-Min of Monterey, who survives him.
Also surviving are four sons; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren;
one sister, Katherine Baldridge of Albuquerque, N.M.; and several nieces,
nephews and cousins.

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