Obit: Gungor, Dr. Bahri "Doc" Orhan (1928 - 2010)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Gungor, Hasim, Semsi, Robles, Johnson, Dunkan

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) June 16, 2010

Gungor, Dr. Bahri "Doc" Orhan (6 July 1928 - 11 June 2010)

Dr. Bahri Gungor, 81, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at the Kindred Hearts Residential Facility in Green Bay.

Dr. Bahri "Doc" Orhan Gungor was born July 6, 1928, in Russe, Bulgaria to Orhan and Ayse (Hasim) Semsi. After World War II and the communist occupation of Bulgaria, the family of ethnic Turks was forced to emigrate to Turkey and took the surname of Gungor.

Doc was trained at the University of Istanbul and graduated in 1954.  After serving as a physician with Cunard Lines, Doc immigrated to New york and performed his residency from 1955 through 1957 at the Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and Fall River General Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts. Doc entered private practice in Lynchburg, VA, and was on staff at the Lynchburg Training School, Lynchburg, VA, Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA, and at Darwin Army Hospital at Fort Belvoir, VA, through 1961.

In 1962, Doc moved to Loyal and began a 40-year career of service as a physician to the people of Clark County.  In 1964, he became a citizen of the United States and moved to Neillsville, where he lived and practiced with the Neillsville Memorial Hospital until he retired in 2002.  After his retirement, he enjoyed a quiet life in Marshfield, where he treasured his visits with friends, former patients and family.

Doc was united in marriage to Lilly Robles in 1958 and adopted her sons, Steven, Mark and Edwin.  The couple also has two daughters and one son, Leyla, Erol and Semra (Edwin) Johnson.

Doc is survived by Lilly, his wife of 52 years; four sons; two daughters; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Mehmet.

Funeral services for Dr. Gungor will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville, with visitation from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.  Pastor Lathan Dunkan will officiate.  Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Unity Hospice, 2366 Oak Ridge Circle, De Pere, WI 54115 or the Pancreatic Cancer Society (PanCan), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245, or the Alzheimer’s association, Greater Wisconsin Chapter, 2900 Curry Lane, Suite A, Green Bay, WI 54311.

Online condolences may be made at www.GescheFH.com

The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Dr. Gungor’s family with funeral arrangements.