Dr. Weinstock

Adolph Weinstock, for many years physician in Rolling Prairie, IN. died December 1, 2006 at Hamilton Communities, New Carlisle, IN., where he and his late wife Anne death January 12, 2005 had moved in September 2004. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 24, 1913, the only child of Hyman Weinstock who had come to the USA from Latvia to escape persecution of Jews and Minnie Witashkis Weinstock who had similarly come from Ukraine. Adolph attended school in Philadelphia, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his medical degree in Chicago at Rush Medical School, at the time affiliated with the University of Chicago. While a student at Rush, he met Anne Nekimken of Chicago, who had been born in St. Louis, MO of parents who had also immigrated to the USA from Eastern Europe. Adolph and Anne were married March 27, 1937. After graduation from Rush Medical School in 1938, Adolph served his country by working for one year in the Civilian Conservation Corps. CCC, then six years in the Medical Corps of the US Army at Veterans Administration hospitals in Illinois, Michigan and Colorado. The Weinstock family, which by then included three children, moved to Rolling Prairie at the end of 1946. Adolph began his service to the town immediately: As the car pulled up in front of their new home, someone came running up the street with a medical emergency. Dr. Weinstock opened his office in the house where Dr. C.W. Brown had practiced medicine and lived with his family. In 1956 he moved the office into a building next door, which he had designed and built. Nellie Jones, widow of Basil Jones, Adolph?s close friend in Rolling Prairie, was his office assistant there until his retirement. Dr. Weinstock took care of many emergencies over the following forty-six years, and learned all the roads for miles around in the process of making house calls. He was on staff at Fairview and Holy Family hospitals, and following the merger of the two at LaPorte Hospital, where he served as president of the medical staff. After delivering almost 1300 babies, in 1978 he retired from practicing obstetrics although he continued his general practice until 1992. Having entered medical practice before the first antibiotic, penicillin, was available, Dr. Weinstock continually kept up with the rapid advancements in pharmaceuticals and techniques that began soon thereafter, yet always kept in mind the importance of the patient as a person. He was a member of the American Psychiatric Association. In his own quiet way Adolph Weinstock-like his late wife Anne- lived a life of tikkun olam, the Jewish ideal of improving the world for all. Adolph Weinstock served in community as President of the Kankakee Township Building Corporation, which organized and obtained financing for the construction of the school in Rolling Prairie, and he supported other local causes such the establishment of the library in Rolling Prairie. He was an officer in, and was honored for his long-time participation in, local organizations in which he was active: Lions, Gleaners, Masons, and Eastern Star. Beyond the immediate community, the Weinstocks? interest in the world was expressed in their participation in such organizations as Camera Club and People to People International, from which they received Lifetime Achievement Recognition in 2003. They frequently hosted international visitors at their home. The couple?s wide variety of interests took them to lectures, theatre, concerts of music and of dance, films, museums, on Elderhostel trips and other travels across the USA and in other countries. Adolph and Anne enjoyed all types of social dances folk, square, round, ballroom. They regularly hosted dance groups in the spacious basement of Adolph?s medical office. They went to dance camps and conferences around the United States; and wherever they went in the world, they usually found groups to dance with. Adolph gained a reputation as a good dance instructor. He followed Anne?s active participation in LaPorte Little Theatre; both were involved in all aspects of producing and performing. In addition to his profession and people, Adolph Weinstock enjoyed plants, puzzles, puns, and swimming in Saugany Lake. Survivors include children: Marta Ralph Nicholas of Chicago, IL.; Susan Eckhard Polzer of Munich, Germany; Daniel Lisa Parr Weinstock of Chicago, IL.; Diana James Duda of Glenwood, IL. and Joseph Widyat Weinstock, currently working in SE Asia. Also grandchildren; Tara and Elena Polzer; Todd and Jennifer Duda; Forrest, Savannah, Coral, and Wisnu Weinstock; and great-grandson; Mason Duda. A Memorial service is being planned for December 16, 2006 at the LaPorte Little Theatre, 218 A Street in LaPorte, IN. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM LaPorte time; the service will begin at 11:00 AM. Memorial contribution may be made to Doctors Without Borders, the independent international humanitarian medical organization that received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Mail: Doctors Without Borders USA, P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5030; Phone: 888392-0392. Information about the organization is available at www.doctorswithoutborders-USA.org. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Dr. Adolph Weinstock please visit our Sympathy Store.