William Franz Von Valtier Obituary - The Detroit Free Press - Detroit Free Press

A True Son of Detroit (1936-2023) William Franz von Valtier, whose half-century agelong committedness to the signifier of medicine, died peacefully successful his location successful Rochester, Michigan connected January 6, 2023. He was calved February 10, 1936 successful Detroit to Franz and Eugenia (Rozanska) von Valtier, the eldest of their 5 children. A postgraduate of Cass Technical High School (1953), Wayne State University (Bachelor of Science 1957) and the Wayne State University School of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine 1961), William was a existent lad of Detroit who near it lone erstwhile successful his eighty 7 years, to service successful the US Army. In June 1961 William joined chap aesculapian schoolhouse classmate Cheryl Cummings, and upon graduation they began their careers arsenic interns unneurotic astatine Detroit’s Receiving Hospital. Following their station aesculapian schoolhouse training, William and Cheryl took implicit the household signifier of Drs. Eve and Carl Schlechte of Rochester Michigan which they built into 1 of the astir salient household signifier groups successful the Rochester area. From 1966 to ‘68 William was called into subject work of the United States. During his 12 period circuit of work arsenic a preventive medicine serviceman successful Vietnam, Captain von Valtier was awarded a Bronze Star for exemplary work successful a combat zone. In the precocious 1970s William received a part-time Assistant Professor assignment to the module of the Wayne State University College Medicine, helping to make its precocious established section of household medicine. While connected the faculty, William served arsenic Director of the WSU College of Medicine Family Practice Residency Program astatine Beaumont Hospital. Then, astatine the property of fifty, psychiatry, William returned to WSU College of Medicine to retrain arsenic a doc of psychiatry which helium practiced until his status successful 2006. While “Dr. Bill”, arsenic helium was known to his patients, was respected and beloved passim the forty twelvemonth span of his aesculapian career, his interests and pursuits beyond the examining country were many. As a pupil astatine Cass Technical High School, helium became an accomplished printer, a trade that remained a passionateness passim his life. He taught himself the creation of bookbinding, a complementary accomplishment to printing, and was besides a proficient woodworker. Additionally, William was a (mostly) self-taught instrumentalist and played respective instruments – including arsenic a jazz bass subordinate and successful glee nine during his assemblage years -- but remained principally devoted to the piano. William’s engrossment with aesculapian past was an enduring avocation and helium became a superior collector of uncommon and important aesculapian texts and ephemera, immoderate of which helium loaned retired periodically for section aesculapian past exhibits and lectures. Other antiquarian interests included section Michigan history, peculiarly that of communities and inhabitants of the precocious Lower Peninsula. William’s past and yet his astir passionate scholarly enactment -- an outgrowth of his immersion successful aesculapian past -- was successful the writings of Benjamin Franklin, peculiarly those of Franklin’s extended but little recognized contributions to precocious eighteenth period aesculapian subject and practice. He researched extensively, and authored a publication connected this facet of Franklin’s world pursuits, and successful spite of waning carnal spot during his last years, his reverence for this existent Enlightenment polymath and chap octogenarian energized him to proceed his probe and penning without diminishment of intellect oregon exuberant curiosity. William von Valtier is survived by his 2 sons, Karl and Frederick (Fritz) von Valtier, his member Eric and his sisters Ann Hays and Lisa Ellison. Online impermanent publication www.modetzfuneralhomes.com