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Army
WWii
tornadoes even twisted my sycamore tree on koreA
36th and Elgin. Former Texas Tech President,
Clifford B. Jones, was one of my first
patients. He lived in Altura Tower on 27th were married for
and Ave. Q. He said the tornado went over 71 years before her
(the tower) and ‘knocked all of the pictures passing in February
off the walls.’” 2021. Looking back
on his long life of
Later in his career, Dr. Ryburn went into service to country and
private practice with Dr. Byron Mattison. community, Frank said,
The practice grew and “I am most proud that
thrived and helped I spent ten years in hospice as a medical
countless patients. Dr. director, treating patients—not just curing
Ryburn commented on them, but being with them.” The annual
the many improvements Covenant Hospice & Palliative Medicine
in medical treatments Symposium is named for the beloved
over his lengthy career, physician.
such as antibiotics,
pacemakers, and For 99 years and counting, Frank Ryburn has
angiograms; and cancer, demonstrated what it looks like to serve his
tuberculosis, and AIDS fellow human beings. Through two wars, a
treatment. catastrophic tornado, a seven-decade marriage, and
a long and storied career, it appears the good doctor
After retirement, Frank and Mazie did lots of has “engineered” a successful life.
traveling. They had raised two boys and two girls and

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