David Butterfield Sheldon, M.D.

A private memorial service has been held for Dr. David B. Sheldon, who died Aug. 12 
in a glider accident in the White Mountains.

Dr. Sheldon was born June 7, 1921 in Medford, OR.  He was a 1946 graduated of the 
California Institute of Technology (CalTech) in Pasadena, and graduated with Alpha 
Omega Alpha honors from Harvard Medical School in 1950.  Prior to medical school he 
was a pilot in the U. S. Army Air Force in Africa during World War II.  He served 
on the HOPE medical ship off the coast of Tunisia and worked for Care Medico.

Dr. Sheldon was a general surgeon on the staffs of St. John's Hospital in Santa 
Monica, Santa Monica Hospital and UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles from 1955 to 
1966.  He resided in Bishop for 26 years and had been in private practice in Bishop 
since 1966.  He was affiliated with Northern Inyo Hospital.  Dr. Sheldon loved to 
fly and had flown various types of aircraft for more than 50 years.  He was also a 
HAM radio operator, and an avid photographer.

He is survived by his wife, Carol Partridge Sheldon of Bishop; former wife, Dorothy 
Sheldon of Fountain Valley; five children and three grandchildren; Anne E. Sheldon, 
and her daughter, Susan of Menlo Park; Spencer C. Sheldon, his wife Margaret and 
their children, Melanie and Greg, of Huntington Beach; Emily R. Sheldon of Santa 
Ana; Sarah Sheldon Cashbaugh of Santa Ana; and Grace Sheldon of La Crescenta; his 
wife's two children and five grandchildren, Phyllis Partridge Bateman, her husband 
Bob and their children, Drew, Daphne and Devon, of Carson City; and Alan Partridge, 
his wife Kim and their children, Ashley and Thomas, of Bishop; and his sister 
Barbara Rush of Escondido.

Donations in Dr. Sheldon's memory can be made to either Inyo County Search and 
Rescue, P.O. Box 982, Bishop, CA  93515 or Northern Inyo Hospital Scholarship Fund, 
150 Pioneer Lane, Bishop, CA  93514.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Wednesday, September 2, 1992 - Page A-2

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, July 11, 2004