Obituary: Dr. Richard Henry Schug
Dr. Richard Henry Schug, a surgeon in Long Beach for more than 35 years, died Thursday at St. Mary Medical Center. He was 69.
He was a native of Decatur, Ind., and graduate of Indiana University and the university’s school of medicine. His surgical training was at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Schug had been a physician for 48 years. During World War II he was in the Army Air Corps and rose to the rank of lieutenant colnel.
He was a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, District 3; American College of Surgeons; International college of Surgeons; and Pan Pacific Surgical Society.
He was an associate professor of surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
He retired two years ago, and he and his wife, Ferrel, moved from Long Beach to Rancho Mirage.
Schug is survived by his wife, and sons, Richard, James, Charles and John, sister Mary K. Ambler, and five grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. today at St. Mary Medical Center Chapel, 1050 Linden Ave. Long Beach.