Dr. Roy C. Page's Obituary
Roy Calvin Page, M.D. 80, passed away August 18, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital, Memphis. He will be missed by his loving wife of twenty-nine years, Nancy Overstreet Page and his four children, Bradford Roy Page and his wife Jamie Page of Boise, ID, in Memphis his daughter Lisa Page May and her husband Keith May, Mark Alfred Page and his wife Audrey Page, and Roy Calvin Page II; his 5 grandchildren, Matthew May, Maggie May, Evan Page, Henry Page, Sophia Page. He was the youngest son of Alfred H. Page and Sudye Paden Page and was preceded in death by his four siblings, Alfred H. Page, MD, Henry Paden Page, Mary Margaret Page Bailey and Gene Ruffner Page, MD. He was a dedicated, respected and loved surgical oncologist, who was in practice for fifty-one years. He served in the 516th Medical Unit of the US Air Force in 1951. He attended Rhodes /Southwestern College graduating class of 1952, graduated medical school from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 1955, completed a family practice residency in 1958, continued on to his surgical residency training in Beckly, West Virginia and served as chief resident in 1962. He completed his fellowship training in Surgical Oncology at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute in New York City. In 1965, he joined his two brothers, Alfred and Gene Page, who were among the first surgical oncologists in Memphis, in practice at the Page Surgical Oncology Clinic and later was in solo practice until his retirement. He was an active member in multiple medical societies, including the American Cancer Society, Tennessee Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology and Memphis Medical Society. He served as president of the International Hyperthermia Society for four terms, as well as president of the Flying Physician’s Association of which he was an avid pilot and member. With his lifelong quest to find a cure for cancer and as an innovator in his field, he was first to introduce radioactive seed implants for prostate cancer, Stereotactic Breast Biopsy treatment, radio frequency ablation of metastatic tumors and Hyperthermia treatments to the Memphis area. He was a lifelong member of Idlewild Presbyterian Church. His life was filled with a devotion to his wife and children, his passion for medicine and his love of flying, and is remembered as stating, “With the exception of my love of family, the most thrilling and exciting moments of my life were those that resulted in patients cured from my treatments.” The visitation will be held 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, August 20, at Memorial Park Funeral Home. The memorial service will be held on at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 21, at Idlewild Presbyterian Church 1750 Union Avenue, Memphis. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the American Cancer Society or Idlewild Presbyterian Church.
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