Edmund "Ed " Karcher%2C M.D. Lindemuth

Edmund Karcher Lindemuth, M.D. of Chestertown, Md. died on May 4, 2001 at his home. He was 76. He was born in Reading, Pa. On January 27, 1925 the eldest son of the late Edmund Karcher Sr. and Wilma W. James Lindemuth. Dr. Lindemuth was a 1943 graduate of Wyomissing High School. He attended Lafayette College from 1943- 1945. He served in the U.S. Army until 1947, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to Lafayette College and in 1949 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. While in Lafayette College he was a member of Phi Rho Sigma and Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Dr. Lindemuth then attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. from 1949- 1953. He served as a resident in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1954- 1955. Dr. Lindemuth served as a lieutenant at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Minneapolis, Mi. and as a U.S. Navy Physician from 1955- 1957. He served as Chief Medical Resident at Franklin Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. from 1961- 1964, and received his Masters of Public Health degree from University of California Berkley in 1965. Dr. Lindemuth moved to Bucks County , Pa. where he worked with the Bucks County Health Department and served as the Director from 1967- 1969. He then served as Director for Orange County Health Department in Orange County California from 1969- 1972. He returned to Bucks County Pennsylvania and resumed his position as Director of the Bucks County Health Department from 1972 until his retirement in 1986. He retired to Chestertown, Maryland in 1989. Dr. Lindemuth was a member of the AMA, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Bucks County Medical Society, American Public Health Association (Fellow), Pennsylvania Public Health Association (Fellow), the Association for Management in Public Health, and as a Korean War Veteran he was a member of Bucks County V.F.W.. Dr. Lindemuth enjoyed gardening, traveling, and music. He is survived by a brother: James D. Lindemuth of Ocean Grove, N.J. and his companion and friend of 23 years: Melvyn Charles Schofield of Chestertown, Md. Funeral services will be held on Friday May 11, 2001 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestertown, Md. Interment will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Kent County Humane Society. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home 130 Speer Rd. Chestertown, Md.