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Graveside Service:
Mount Pulaski Cemetery October 17, 2019 at 10:30
a.m.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Dr. Robert Lee Hamm was the son of
Dr. Robert and Grace Hamm of Mount Pulaski and the
nephew of Dr. Lee N. Hamm of Lincoln. He is survived
by his sisters Linda Kenyon, Diane Cohen and Mary
Ridings.
Dr. Hamm attended Mount Pulaski Grade School and was
center on the basketball team there. He was on the
Mount Pulaski High School tennis team and was
undefeated his senior year. He was awarded the Steve
Bennis Award as the best scholar/athlete in Logan
County that year. Bob also played trombone in the
concert and marching bands in grade school and high
school.
After attending pre-med at Westminster College and
Washington University for medical school, he joined
the Radiology Department of Providence Hospital in
Washington, D.C. where he worked for over 44 years.
He was one of the founding members of Metropolitan
Radiology Associates and held several leadership
positions at Providence Hospital. |
He was also a Major in the Army and
worked at the Veterans Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Hamm was a great advocate for
breast care, especially for the underserved. In lieu
of flowers, the family would like to request that
donations in Dr. Hamm’s honor be sent to Breast Care
of Washington, 4 Atlantic Avenue SW, Washington,
D.C. 20032 (www.breastcare.org).
The final internment will be at Mount Pulaski
Cemetery October 17, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
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