Dr. Beaufort Addison Spencer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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BLOOMINGTON - Dr. Beaufort Addison Spencer, 86, of the Bloomington community, died peacefully on March 27, 2007, in his winter home in Naples, Fla.
He was born Sept. 17, 1920, in Muncie, to Ernest and Florence Spencer. His wife, Geneva, survives.
He graduated from Muncie High School in 1938, and studied pre-med at DePauw University. Because the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred during his senior year, he completed classes early and entered an accelerated three-year medical school program at Indiana University.
During his internship he was part of the team that created and introduced the first penicillin shot, by giving the initial shot to Eli Lilly's son. This is how that pharmaceutical company came to be the first to introduce the use antibiotics.
In his early years, he was active and president of Kiwanis Club, Town and Country Club and several bridge clubs. In his retirement he loved to act as an unofficial financial advisor.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Sam (Jane) Woolley, Clarkson, Ky.; three daughters: Mrs. Jim (Ellen) Strasma, Arlington Heights, Ill.; Barbara Edmonds, Bloomington; and Maribeth Spencer, Seattle, Wash.; a son, Ernest E. "Ted" Spencer, Austin, Texas; three grandchildren: Angela Edmonds, Paul Strasma and Jordan Spencer; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Dennis (Marianne) Shaw, Asheville, N.C.; a stepson, Carl Burt, Warsaw; a niece, Mrs. Jim (Kathy) Frazier, Dayton, Ohio; and a nephew, David Wingert, Phoenix, Ariz. A week before his death, Dr. Spencer learned he would soon become a great-grandfather.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Allen Funeral Home, Bloomington.
Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the American Cancer Society; the American Heart Association; or Naples Florida Hospice, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, FL 34105.[[In-content Ad]]
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BLOOMINGTON - Dr. Beaufort Addison Spencer, 86, of the Bloomington community, died peacefully on March 27, 2007, in his winter home in Naples, Fla.
He was born Sept. 17, 1920, in Muncie, to Ernest and Florence Spencer. His wife, Geneva, survives.
He graduated from Muncie High School in 1938, and studied pre-med at DePauw University. Because the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred during his senior year, he completed classes early and entered an accelerated three-year medical school program at Indiana University.
During his internship he was part of the team that created and introduced the first penicillin shot, by giving the initial shot to Eli Lilly's son. This is how that pharmaceutical company came to be the first to introduce the use antibiotics.
In his early years, he was active and president of Kiwanis Club, Town and Country Club and several bridge clubs. In his retirement he loved to act as an unofficial financial advisor.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Sam (Jane) Woolley, Clarkson, Ky.; three daughters: Mrs. Jim (Ellen) Strasma, Arlington Heights, Ill.; Barbara Edmonds, Bloomington; and Maribeth Spencer, Seattle, Wash.; a son, Ernest E. "Ted" Spencer, Austin, Texas; three grandchildren: Angela Edmonds, Paul Strasma and Jordan Spencer; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Dennis (Marianne) Shaw, Asheville, N.C.; a stepson, Carl Burt, Warsaw; a niece, Mrs. Jim (Kathy) Frazier, Dayton, Ohio; and a nephew, David Wingert, Phoenix, Ariz. A week before his death, Dr. Spencer learned he would soon become a great-grandfather.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Allen Funeral Home, Bloomington.
Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the American Cancer Society; the American Heart Association; or Naples Florida Hospice, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, FL 34105.[[In-content Ad]]
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