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Robert Irwin Ayerst

Male 1926 - 1998  (71 years)


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  • Name Robert Irwin Ayerst 
    Born 9 Oct 1926  Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 May 1998  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1983, Broward County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Emma Elizabeth Dayett,   b. 9 May 1902, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1986, Metairie, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1924  Cooch's Bridge, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Byrd Ruffin,   b. 11 May 1932, Durham, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 1955  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F3827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Oct 1926 - Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1955 - North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 May 1998 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCremated - - Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Robert & Jane Ayerst
    Robert & Jane Ayerst
    Robert Irwin Ayerst MD.
    October 9, 1926 - May 22, 1998

    Jane Byrd Ruffin Ayerst
    May 11, 1932 - March 12, 2008

    Census
    1930 US Census
    1930 US Census
    Plum Township, Pennsylvania
    1940 US Census
    1940 US Census
    Plum Township, Pennsylvania

  • 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