 1926 - 1998 (71 years)
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| Name |
Robert Irwin Ayerst |
| Born |
9 Oct 1926 |
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
22 May 1998 |
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Cremated |
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States |
| Person ID |
I11235 |
Family Tree | Byers Side of My Family |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Father |
Albert Douglas Ayerst, b. 25 Dec 1899, Wilder, Vermont, USA , d. 2 Aug 1983, Broward County, Florida, USA (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Emma Elizabeth Dayett, b. 9 May 1902, Wilmington, Delaware, USA , d. Nov 1986, Metairie, Louisiana, USA (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
12 Sep 1924 |
Cooch's Bridge, Delaware, USA |
| Family ID |
F3825 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Jane Byrd Ruffin, b. 11 May 1932, Durham, North Carolina, USA , d. 12 Mar 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
1955 |
North Carolina, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Family ID |
F3827 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
 | Robert & Jane Ayerst
Robert Irwin Ayerst MD.
October 9, 1926 - May 22, 1998
Jane Byrd Ruffin Ayerst
May 11, 1932 - March 12, 2008 |
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| Notes |
- Dr. Robert I. Ayerst , a retired gynecologist and obstetrician, died Friday of kidney failure at his home. He was 71.
Dr. Ayerst was born in Wilkinsburg, Pa., and lived in New Orleans the past 40 years.
He was a graduate of the Japanese Language School at Yale University, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College of Duke University and Duke University School of Medicine.
He began his career as an intern at Duke Hospital and was a research assistant at Cornell Medical School in New York.
He completed his residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Roosevelt Hospital.
He served on the staffs of Sara Mayo Hospital, Touro Infirmary, East Jefferson General Hospital and Doctor's Hospital. He also taught at Tulane University's medical school.
He was a diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and was a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was a member of the Jefferson and Greater New Orleans obstetrical and gynecological societies and helped establish the Jefferson society. He was head of gynecology at East Jefferson General Hospital. He was also a president of the American Cancer Society.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Byrd Ruffin Ayerst; a son, Robert I. Ayerst Jr. of Germantown, Tenn.; a daughter, Elizabeth Ayerst Farber of Metairie; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Church Episcopal, 1329 Jackson Ave. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.
Burial will be private.
Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
--Published in the Times-Picayune, Monday, May 25, 1998
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