Tuesday, February 09, 2016

MARGARET A. SUMNER (Cal Sumner ('64) and Dennis Sumner's ('66) Mother)




12/4/1919 - 02/02/2016 ...... WITH GREAT SADNESS I REPORT MY MOTHER MARGARET A SUMNER PASSED AT 5:30AM ...PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP... SHE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CREMATION YEARS AGO AND ESPECIALLY REQUESTED "NO" CEREMONIES ! MOTHER A VERY, VERY PRIVATE PERSON WAS BORN INTO A METHODIST FAMILY AND WAS RAISED WITH INTENSE CHRISTIAN VALUES. A GRADUATE OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY DALLAS SCHOOL OF NURSING 1942. SHE WAS ONE OF DR DE BAKEY'S "SCRUB NURSES" DURING HIS WORK ON PLASMA DURING... THE GREAT WAR



Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was a world-renowned Lebanese American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator, and international medical statesman. DeBakey was the chancellor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, director of The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, and senior attending surgeon of The Methodist Hospital in Houston. He is known for his work on the treatment of heart patients and for his role in the development of the mobile army surgical hospital.DeBakey served in the U.S. Army during World War II and helped to revolutionize wartime medicine by supporting the stationing of doctors closer to the front lines. This concept greatly improved the survival rate of wounded soldiers and resulted in the development of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units during the Korean War....At age 23, while still in medical school at Tulane University, DeBakey developed the roller pump, the significance of which was not realized until 20 years later when it became an essential component of the heart-lung machine. The pump provided a continuous flow of blood during operations. This, in turn, made open-heart surgery possible.

Mother a Baylor Dallas RN Graduate 1941 was one of Dr De Bakey's 'Scrub Nurses' while he worked on Plasma during the 'GREAT WAR' ...Mother called him when my Cabbage Patch was in the planning which he Consulted on...He was amused I was born on his birthday ?

AFTER BAYLOR SHE FOUND HER GREATEST JOY IN PEDIATRICS AND OB/GYN .... AS AN AIR FORCE WIFE OF 33 YEARS SHE BECAME THE 'ENTHUSIASTIC TOURIST' READY WITH A CAMERA TO RECORD HER EXPLOITS AND FANTASIES...HER BEST MEMORIES WERE OF HAWAII c. (1960-1963)... A DESTINATION HER MOTHER DREAMED OF.... BUT AS A TEXAS TRANSPLANT SHE BECAME A TOTAL SAN ANTONIO PERSON ! FIESTA BECAME HER FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR ! SHE WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO FIND MY PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE EXPRESS-NEWS 1996.... SHE ONLY ATTENDED ONE OFFICIAL FIESTA HAT KING EVENT.... AT THE KING WILLIAM FAIR/PARADE 1997. SHE WAS SHY AND CROWDS FRIGHTENED HER...

Condolences may be sent to:

Cal Sumner
9815 Salisbury Drive
San Antonio, TX 78217
calsumner@sbcglobal.net

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