Stanley John Lloyd MD

It is with great sorrow that the family of Stanley J. Lloyd, MD announces his passing at the age of 102 on Saturday, July 14, 2018. at UCSD Thornton Hospital after an uphill battle with aspirational pneumonia.

Stanley J. Lloyd was born June 7, 1916, in Salem, Massachusetts (a few houses down from the House of the Seven Gables that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel).

He served in the navy during WWII along with his future wife, Paula Kent. At that time, the navy would not permit them to marry because they were in the same service, Paula Kent transferred to the Coast Guard becoming one of the first 10 women in the Coast Guard. By doing this Stanley and Paula were able to marry on January 23, 1943. This marriage became the first military wedding between the Coast Guard and the Navy.

After the War they moved to San Diego and found a home in the little town of La Jolla (part of San Diego County), California. It was there that all the children were born and lived their lives until adulthood where some moved away due to college and or career.

Surviving are three daughters, Noel, Cheri and Karla, one son, Kent and his wife Margherita (Stanley’s daughter-in-law) and their two sons Thomas and Mathew (Stanley’s grandsons). He is also survived by 2 nieces, Martha and Marcella and one nephew, Stephen. He was preceded in death by his wife, Paula Kent who passed away March 9, 2005 at the age of 86, his daughter, Jolie who passed away March 3, 2012 and who is survived by her husband Michael Lemus (Stanley’s son-in-law), Elvia (Karla’s mother) who passed away on May 31, 2012.

Stanley attended the University of Boston Liberal Arts from 1934 to 1938 and from 1938 to 1942 attended the Boston University school of Medicine where he received his medical degree.

During his Naval service beginning in 1941 he would eventually be assigned as one of the MD’s to the Hospital Ship the USS RESCUE during WWII in the Pacific specifically to attend to the wounded, friend and foe alike, while stationed in Tokyo Bay (after the bombing) among other locations. While agreements had been made that medical ships would be exempt from attack this was not always honored and Stanley at one time during the war saw other US hospital ships under attack around him. Fortunately the ship he was assigned to was only just grazed by a missile.

He returned to civilian status in 1950 and received his specialty certification from the American Board of Pathology in 1951.

Throughout his medical career he served as assistant director of Pathology and director of Pathology, Cytology, Clinical Lab and Surgical Pathology/Cytology at various hospitals and laboratories in San Diego County including Rees Stealy Clinic, Mercy Hospital, Chula Vista Community Hospital, Center City Hospital, Helix Hospital, Tissue Pathology Center, Pap Smear Center, etc. Over the span of his 55+ year career, post WWII, Stanley Lloyd has reviewed and screened over 500,000 pap smears, performed approximately 17,000 autopsies (appearing as the attending coroner in countless court cases) and performed and reported on several thousand frozen sections in the operating room. He was extremely proud to be a doctor and had an insatiable appetite to constantly learn and keep updated on research and innovations in the medical arena.

His parrish church was Mary Star of the Sea and four of his children attended Stella Maris elementary school. His mantra was study, study, study. He wanted his children to be self sufficient and to excel in the field of their choosing. He was always there to help anyone of his children when he was needed. He may

have been strict with his children but he had lived through and survived the Great Depression so it was important to instill in his children a sense of good work ethic and promote financial stability and independence.

He enjoyed sports, in particular, baseball, football and golf. He also enjoyed the old movies, especially the old classics. KPBS was one of his favorite stations and he was a regular contributor. He was an excellent dancer and on the occasions that he and Paula would have an evening out they were a striking couple and would many times become the center attraction on the dance floor being compared to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Over the passing years, although the children went there separate ways, the family would always make an effort to come together at least 4-5 times each year for holidays or birthday celebrations.

For his 101st birthday he announced a week before that he wanted to have a big celebration and he orchestrated the preparation and organization of fulfilling that desire. And what a party it was! To look at him, no one believed he was 101, they all thought at best he was 80.

He was intelligent, strong, resilient, stubborn, skilled, driven, charming, handsome and always thirsting for knowledge, learning new things and expanding his field of expertise all of which may be why and how he made it to 102 with his mind still in tact. He will be missed but forever in our hearts.

A very special thank you goes out to Dr Greenberg, Stanley’s cardiologist and friend. During his retirement years, Stanley continued to attend medical conferences on an annual basis to further his medical education. Even last year, at the age of 101, he was still attending medical conferences and acquiring the necessary credits that kept his medical license active even though he was no longer in practice. He was proud of his medical career and wanted to keep updated on new research, discoveries and developments.

By virtue of Stanley’s example, beginning in 2015, Dr. Greenberg was inspired to incorporate into his annual heart symposium a dedicated lecture in Stanley J. Lloyd’s name and as a result a legacy has emerged. Stanley’s legacy will inspire symposium attendees and speakers alike at any stage in their

profession to never stop pursuing their education and evolving in their careers and life itself to acheive the very best they can be in order to perform and give the very best of themselves. There have been a total of four dedicated lectures so far. Stanley was able to attend the first three however, because he

was in the hospital, this year, was unable to attend the fourth. Dr. Greenberg has vowed to continue the Stanley J. Lloyd dedicated annual lecture securing Stanley’s legacy for years to come.