Richard Albert EIDAL

1921 - 2003  (81 years)

• Name	Richard Albert EIDAL
  Birth	14 Mar 1921	Washington
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Physician
  Death	21 Feb 2003	Auburn, King County, Washington
  Burial	Mountain View Cemetery, Auburn, King County, Washington
  Notes	Richard’s World War II enlistment record: Name: Richard A Eidal Birth Year: 1921 Race: White, citizen (White) State: Oregon County or City: Multnomah Enlistment Date: 26 Aug 1943 Enlistment State: Washington Enlistment City: Fort Lewis Branch: Medical Department - For Enlisted Men of the Medical Department (includes Enlisted Men of the Medical Department on Duty with the Dental Corps) Branch Code: Medical Department - For Enlisted Men of the Medical Department (includes Enlisted Men of the Medical Department on Duty with the Dental Corps) or Army Nurse Corps Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status) Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer Education: 3 years of college Civil Occupation: Student Codes 0x, 2x, 4x and 6x as pertain to students will be converted, for machine records purposes, to the code number 992. Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 00 Weight: 000 An Obit: Richard “Dick” Albert Eidal, 81, died Feb 21, 2003, succumbing to heart disease after a lengthy and difficult struggle. He was born March 14, 1921, in Ellensburg, the only child of Elmer Oliver and Henriette Berthe Eidal. Dick graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1938 and attended Central Washington University and the University of Washington. In 1946, he graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School. During his internship at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Dick met Nadeane Louise Blackford. They married six months later on July 27, 1947. After his internship, Dick and Nadeane moved to March Air Force Base in southern California where Dick served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1947 to 1949. In 1949, Dick and Nadeane moved to Auburn where Dick began practicing medicine with Dr. Ellie Giere. Together, they started the Doctors’ Clinic Association where Richard practiced from 1949 to 1990. During his 41 years as a physician in Auburn, he practiced general medicine, surgery, and delivered three generations of Auburn residents. Dick loved to spend time with his family and friends. In earlier years, much of his time was spent taking his family on skiing trips to Crystal Mountain and Sun Valley as well as on long road trips to California and within the Pacific Northwest. He enjoyed celebrating each New Year by hosting his longtime annual New Year’s Eve party. Dick and Nadeane also had a summer residence in Lakota were he loved to go boating and water skiing. He also enjoyed hosting another longtime tradition, his annual Fourth of July party at Lakota and he was known to excell in salmon baking and daiquiri blending. In his later years, Dick enjoyed being with his family and in the company of his many friends, babysitting grandchildren, traveling, vacationing in Hawaii and California, and going to Bible study at Messiah Lutheran Church. Dick was very involved in the community. He was a member of the Rio Verde Kiwanis, the Auburn School Board, the Green River Community College Board of Trustees, and was a longtime member of Messiah Lutheran Church. Professionally, he was a member of the King County Medical Association, the Washington State Medical Association, a charter fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, an active staff member and former chief of staff of Auburn General Hospital, co-founder of the Doctors’ Clinic Association (now Auburn MultiCare Clinic) and a Golden Circle Alumnus of the Oregon Health Sciences University. Richard was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nadeane; children Christen (Laura), Richard, Judy, and Peter (Deanne); and his grandchildren, Lauren, Mark, Erin, and Evan. Services will be at 3 p.m. February 26 at Messiah Lutheran Church, 805 Fourth Street N.E. in Auburn. The burial will be private. It is requested that all memorials be made to the Messiah Lutheran Church.
  Person ID	I6969	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Elmer Oliver EIDAL,   b. 12 Mar 1894, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington d. 24 Apr 1953, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Henryetta Bertha (Heine) (Betty) LUFF,   b. 14 Feb 1895, Roberts County, South Dakota d. 14 Mar 1988, Auburn, King County, Washington (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1917	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Family ID	F5330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	N.L. BLACKFORD
  Family ID	F5336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2010