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Dr. Francis Joseph O'leary, M.M.
Facts and Events
| Name |
Dr. Francis Joseph O'leary, M.M. |
| Alt Name |
Frank Joseph O'Leary |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
26 Jun 1890 |
Mara, Ontario, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence? |
Oct 1940 |
Toronto, Ont. |
| Death? |
3 Feb 1952 |
Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada |
| Burial? |
6 Feb 1952 |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada |
References
- ↑ Census Records
1901 Census, Ontario, Simcoe East(113), Orillia town(i-5), p 2.
QUAY 3 #7, Francis J., son, born 24 June, 1890, age 10
- ↑ Church baptism record
St. Columbkille's R. C. ch., Uptergrove, Simcoe Co., Ontario; LDS film # 1305889, item # 2, p. 42.
QUAY 3 "Francis Joseph O'Leary, born Mara 26th June '90, baptized 18th July '90; son of Timothy O'Leary, born Canada and Elizabeth Murphy, born Canada; ; by W. J. McGinley"
- Obituary, Toronto Star.
Source, Toronto Star, Monday, Feb. 4, 1952 page 14
DR. FRANK J. O’LEARY DIES, IRON LUNG BIRTH RECALLED
One of Toronto’s best known medical men, Dr. Frank Joseph O’Leary died suddenly at his Avenue Rd. home Sunday after suffering a heart seizure. He was 61.
Dr. O’Leary had practised medicine in the city for 21 years and from 1945 to 1951 was head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at St. Michael’s hospital. He retired to private practise last September and was succeeded by Dr. William Noonan.
At Riverdale Isolation hospital last August he officiated at a birth, unique in the annals of Canadian medicine. A young polio-stricken mother was removed from an iron lung for 30 seconds while Dr. O’Leary delivered a six-pound baby girl.
Born in Orillia, (sic), Dr. O’Leary graduated in pharmacy from the University of Toronto and worked for a short time in the King Edward hotel drug store. In 1915, when in his first year of medicine he enlisted in the Canadian Army as a Staff Sergeant. He went over-seas with the 5th Field Ambulance detachment of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. And two years later lost his leg at Passchendaele. In this action he was awarded the Military Medal .
On his return he participated in the war bond campaigns in the United States before returning to the University of Toronto where he graduated in medicine in 1922.
He took two years post graduate work at Women’s Hospital in New York and joined the staff of St. Michael’s hospital on his return.
Though out his professional career, he kept in touch with friends of the 5th Field Ambulance. He attended all their annual reunions. In 1941 he re-enlisted in the reserve army as a Captain of the RCAMC and regularly served at training camps of the Royal Canadian Artillery.
He was an active worker and a member of the board of the Society for Crippled Civilians and War Amputations of Canada. He was an active member of the Newman Club, the Knights of Columbus, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and the Granite Club.
When he became a department head at St. Michael’s hospital, he became associate professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Toronto.
He is survived by his widow, the former Rachel Daly of Trinidad: a son Peter, and two sisters, Miss Susan O’Leary , Ottawa and Mother Patrick Joseph of the Ursuline Sisters, Toronto.
Resting at the F. Rosar Funeral residence, Sherburne St. service will take place Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Cathedral at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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