Dr. Charles Isaac
1925 - 2020
Obituary
Charles Arnold Isaac, M.D., died Thursday (Feb. 27, 2020) at
the Newton Medical Center.
Dr. Isaac was born June 11, 1925, in Santa Barbara,
California, to Arnold Gerhard Isaac, M.D., and Alice Kizler Isaac. He grew up
in Kansas from the age of 2 and attended the Goessel and Newton schools, then
later from the age of 8. He graduated from Newton High School in 1943.
He was in the U.S. Navy V-12 Program during WWII and
obtained an A.B. degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and then
an M.D. from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1949. Returning to
active duty in the U.S. Navy, he served an internship in Madison, Wisconsin; a
year in Virginia; then a year as a battalion surgeon with the First Marine
Division in Korea. He served in the U.S Navy a total of 13 years.
Dr. Isaac did a residency in Urology from 1952 until 1955,
and then private practice with the Axtell Clinic in Newton until retirement in
1997.
He was the third of five generations of physicians in the
Isaac family and his father, Arnold, was a pioneer Kansan urologist, also with
the Axtell Clinic.
Dr. Isaac was an avid cyclist and tennis player and enjoyed
traveling. He was a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology and a member of
the Harvey County and Kansas Medical Societies. He was a member of the South
Central Section and the American Urological Association and a fellow of the
American College of Surgeons along with the Kansas Chapter, having served the
latter as President from 1990 until 1992. He was a member of the Hillcrest
Community Church and served with Project Hope in Peru in 1962.
Survivors include his wife, Marty of the home; two
daughters, Dr. Carol Isaac of Atlanta, and Amy Isaac-Scott and husband Dalton
of Newton; son, Dr. Jim Isaac and wife Susan of Hutchinson; and three
grandsons.
He is preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Kathryn;
and brother, Robert.
Visitation with the family will be held between noon and 1
p.m. on Wednesday (March 4, 2020) at the Hillcrest Community Church in Newton,
followed by funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Private family inurnment will take
place at a later date in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton.
A memorial has been established with the Hillcrest Community
Church and the Surgery Unit of the Newton Medical Center. Contributions may be
sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
