in memoriam
Carlos A. Carrion, MD
Carlos Alfredo Carrion, MD, 82, passed away on July 22, 2015.
Dr. Carrion was born on March 15, 1933, the son of Dr. Carlos Jorge Carrion and Argentina Torres de Carrion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father and his maternal grandfather, Dr. Melchor Torres, were medical doctors. Dr. Carrion became the third doctor in the family when he graduated from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina, in 1955. He married Elina Bettinelli in 1957 and traveled to the United States to further his medical education on a three year student visa. At the conclusion of his general surgery residency, he and his family returned to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dr. Carrion worked as the company doctor for a French oil company in Patagonia. He returned to the United States and completed his neurosurgery residency at West Virginia University Hospital in 1970. That same year he became a naturalized citizen of United States. After considering where to begin his practice, he chose Phoenix, Arizona for the wide open spaces and the people. He performed most of his surgeries at St. Joseph’s Hospital. When he closed his private practice, he became the Chief of Neurosurgery at the Maricopa County Medical Center. He enjoyed his work, helping patients and teaching new doctors. Outside of his work, he enjoyed reading classics, building model boats, traveling, spending the summers in Coronado. He took great interest and delight in the life of his children and grandchildren. After 36 years as a neurosurgeon, he retired. He is survived by his children and their 6 • Round-up Magazine • November 2015
spouses, Daniel (Judy) Carrion, Alejandra (Rick) Stark, and Patricia Ragsdale; grandchildren, Andrea Ragsdale, Alexander Ragsdale, Nicholas Stark (Emily Frank), Elina Stark, Matthew Carrion, and Caitlin Carrion; and greatgrandson, Oliver Stark. ru
Jerome Reichenberger, MD
Dr. Jerome Reichenberger, 78, of Phoenix, AZ passed away on October 2, 2015.
He was born and raised in Sharon, KS. He attended Northwestern Oklahoma University, where he said some of the happiest days of his life were spent before graduating from medical school in Seattle, WA. Jerome was drafted into the U.S. Army as a Captain and served as a medical officer in Vietnam and Colorado Springs, CO from 1966-1968. Dr. Reichenberger finished an Internal Medicine Residency at Maricopa Medical Center and then established Sun City Medical Specialists in Sun City, AZ where he worked from 1969-2008. He traveled the world, and loved cooking and going to the movies. He enjoyed practicing medicine and helping people through charitable donations. Dr. Reichenberger lived his life by the saying “do unto others as you would do unto yourself” and the world is a better place because of him. Dr. Reichenberger is survived by his children Erich Reichenberger and Mia Betz, sisters Oringa McGuire and Rosemary Soptic, brother Donovan Reichenberger, grandchildren Ava and Baron Betz, and many other family and friends. ru
Thomas P. Konicke, MD
Dr. Thomas Konicke, 75, beloved father and grandfather, passed away peacefully in his home after a long illness, on September 29, 2015.
He was born in Hobart, IN, to Stanley and Agnes Konicke. He graduated from Lew Wallace High School in Gary, Indiana, received a BA in Chemistry, a MS in Pathology and his MD from Indiana University. Dr. Konicke interned at Iowa Methodist Hospital, and also served our country as a Army Captain at Ft. Gordon, GA. He practiced Family Medicine (AAFP Fellow) in Chesterton, IN, Emergency Medicine in Tucson, AZ and later completed a Psychiatry Residency at Maricopa Medical Center and practiced Psychiatry in Phoenix, AZ and Wenatchee, WA. He retired in Gilbert, AZ.
Dr. Konicke was a dedicated physician who had a great zest for life and truly cared about people. His happiest moments were often traveling in his RV with family. He rode motorcycles, went fishing, and loved to sing and play guitar. He tinkered with every type of machine, mechanism or computer.
Dr. Konicke was preceded in death by his brother, Jim, his sister, Sylvia Cates, and his granddaughter, Tatjana Milhon. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy, their children: Gregory (Fabel); Cynthia (Alex Dunlop); Rachelle (Ryan Milhon); and six grandchildren: Alexa and Juliet Glomb, Savana Milhon, Jacob and Katherine Dunlop, and Erik Konicke; and his brothers: Daniel (Jean), Michael, Timothy and Robert (Michelle). ru