1940
Donald
2013
Donald D. Tolbert
January 11, 1940 — April 29, 2013
Don D. Tolbert, 73 passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at his home in Beloit, Kansas, a few miles from where he grew up. Don is survived by his wife Mattie, and three children: Jay (Julanne) Jodi (Dave) and Janese (Dan). He has 5 grand children: Jacob, Mason, Alison, Kelsey and Miya.
Don was the oldest son of the late Ivan and Marjorie Tolbert of Beloit.
Dons surviving siblings are Ken Tolbert (Linda) Beloit, Janice Johnston (Bob) Topeka, Dale Tolbert (Kathy) Lindsborg and Carol Tolbert Samarinda, Indonesia.
After completing his PhD. in Nuclear physics at the University of Kansas, Don received a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin.
He served as the Chief of Medical Physics at UW and later relocated to Hawaii where he was a founder of the consulting group, Mid-Pacific Medical Physics in Honolulu.
MPMP provided Medical Physics services for a number of Hawaii and South Pacific hospitals. Don completed his career at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu before retiring.
He was active in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, an International Organization working for the advancement of physics in medicine.
After he retired, Don loved spending his summers at his cabin in the Colorado mountains and his winters on the plains of Kansas. He had a variety of pursuits such as working on a book about empowering the diabetic patient written from the patient's perspective and making several visits a day to a home for seniors to give logistical and emotional support. Other outlets of Don's included a devotion to spiritual practices focusing on Native American Culture and helped the American Indian College Fund.
There is sadness today in Hawaii, Colorado, Kansas, Wisconsin and California and any place where those whose lives he touched may live.
Memorial Services will be at 1:00 PM, Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Beloit First United Methodist Church. There will be no visitation, as cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the American Diabetes Association or the Beloit Public Library.
Don was the oldest son of the late Ivan and Marjorie Tolbert of Beloit.
Dons surviving siblings are Ken Tolbert (Linda) Beloit, Janice Johnston (Bob) Topeka, Dale Tolbert (Kathy) Lindsborg and Carol Tolbert Samarinda, Indonesia.
After completing his PhD. in Nuclear physics at the University of Kansas, Don received a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin.
He served as the Chief of Medical Physics at UW and later relocated to Hawaii where he was a founder of the consulting group, Mid-Pacific Medical Physics in Honolulu.
MPMP provided Medical Physics services for a number of Hawaii and South Pacific hospitals. Don completed his career at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu before retiring.
He was active in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, an International Organization working for the advancement of physics in medicine.
After he retired, Don loved spending his summers at his cabin in the Colorado mountains and his winters on the plains of Kansas. He had a variety of pursuits such as working on a book about empowering the diabetic patient written from the patient's perspective and making several visits a day to a home for seniors to give logistical and emotional support. Other outlets of Don's included a devotion to spiritual practices focusing on Native American Culture and helped the American Indian College Fund.
There is sadness today in Hawaii, Colorado, Kansas, Wisconsin and California and any place where those whose lives he touched may live.
Memorial Services will be at 1:00 PM, Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Beloit First United Methodist Church. There will be no visitation, as cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the American Diabetes Association or the Beloit Public Library.
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