Dr. Bryan G.
Chaffee
TANZANIA,
AFRICA - Dr. Bryan G. Chaffee, 38, died Wednesday (Oct. 25, 2006) on the Island
of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa.
He was born
June 17, 1968, at Newton to Myron G. and Karen L. Chaffee. He was preceded in
death by his brother Brent. He graduated from Hesston High School in 1986 and
from The University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1994.
He was
licensed as a physician in California in 1995 and completed his emergency residency
in 1997. Dr. Chaffee was an emergency room doctor at California Pacific
Hospital in San Francisco. He recently had taken a leave of absence to join the
Doctors Without Borders program and had been assigned to Darfur, Sudan. He has
done medical volunteer work around the world, including Peru and Pakistan. He
will be greatly missed by his family and many friends he made on his life's
journey serving his fellow man.
He is
survived by his parents; two sisters, Tamera Chaffee of Newton and Teresa and
Bill Haliburton of Ulysses; a brother, Jason Chaffee of San Francisco; a
nephew, Christopher Haliburton of Ulysses; and former wife and good friend
Kieko Chaffee of San Francisco.
The funeral
service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Golden Plains Free Methodist Church in
rural Newton.
Visitation
will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Petersen Funeral Home in Newton, with family
receiving friends from 3 to 5:30 p.m.
In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be sent to Doctors Without Borders USA, Australian Aid
International or the American Cancer Society in care of Petersen Funeral Home
in Newton.
