Konza Sailor
Official Newsletter of the Blue Valley Yacht Club
Founded 1963
Post Office Box 961, Manhattan, Kansas 66505

http://www.bluevalleyyachtclub.org/

Volume 2004  Issue 5                                          Konza Sailor                                                   October 2004

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In Memoriam:
    Dr.  Philip H. Hostetter
      April 4, 1917 - September 28,2004
By Bart Bartholomew, Secretary

Phil Hostetter in his home on August 24
after receiving a BVYC t-shirt from members

of the Board of Directors

subscribe to the Manhattan Mercury, I am including a reprint of his obituary.

Dr. Philip H. Hostetter, age 87, of Manhattan, died Tuesdaymorning, September 28, 2004, at his residence.

He was born on April 4, 1917, in Albert, Kansas, the son of Harvey Edgar and Mae Edna  (Charlesworth) Hostetter, and was a 1934 graduate of Holton High School in Holton, Kansas. In May of this year he was honored as "Alumnus of the Year" of Holton High.

Dr. Hostetter graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1942. Shortly after his graduation he was called to service with the U.S. Army, serving with the 24th Infantry Division as a Battalion Surgeon in the Philippines during World War II.

Following the war Dr. Hostetter returned to Kansas and served in clinics in Halstead and Baldwin prior to coming to Manhattan in 1950 to work at the Ball Clinic.  In 1955, he opened his own clinic on Poyntz Avenue where he maintained his practice until his retirement in 1992.  From 1956 until 1976, Dr. Hostetter served as district coroner for the Manhattan area.

Dr. Hostetter was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Manhattan Kiwanis Club of which he served as president in 1968.  He also was a past president with the 24th Infantry Division and was the recent recipient of the prestigious Verbick Bowl Award. Other memberships and activities included being a founding member of the Blue Valley Yacht Club, past president of the State Academy of Family Physicians and was formerly

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With the passing of Phil Hostetter on September 28, the Blue Valley Yacht Club lost a charter member, a devoted sailor, a true friend and the omnipresent photographer who has treated many members to the products of his camera and darkroom.  Phil will be sorely missed by all those who have had the privilege of knowing him.

For those members who did not attend the memorial service that was held to celebrate the life of Phil or