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Memorial Service Planned for Kenneth and Carolyn Stahl

by Rodney Tanaka

December 1, 1999

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A memorial service for Kenneth C. Stahl, DO, and his wife, Carolyn Oppy-

Stahl, OD, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 4, at Saint Andrews

Presbyterian Church, 600 Saint Andrews Road, Newport Beach. The Huntington

Beach couple passed away November 20.

Dr. Stahl, 57, was an anesthesiologist who grew up in Pomona. He attended

Ganesha High School, the University of La Verne and University of Health

Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City. He served for

seven years in the Air National Guard and opened a successful pain clinic

practice in Huntington Beach. Dr. Stahl was appointed to the State Board

of Anesthesiology by then-Governor George Deukmejian. His son, Kent, lives

in Texas.

Dr. Oppy-Stahl, 44, was an optometrist originally from Michigan. She

earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and attended

the Southern College of Optometry in Tennessee. She most recently worked

at Lakewood Eye Physicians and Surgeons in Lakewood.

The couple were both members of the Founders Committee at Western

University of Health Sciences (WesternU), a support group that endorses

the mission of the University and assists with fund-raising for student

scholarships and programs. Dr. Stahl was the son of Bobbie Stahl-Polley, a

long-time supporter of WesternU who was honored in 1995 as the

University’s Humanitarian of the Year, and the late William Stahl, DO, a

former osteopathic surgeon in Pomona.

Mrs. Stahl-Polley has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made

to the memorial scholarship fund WesternU has created in the doctors’

names. WesternU is at 309 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif., 91766.

For directions to Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church, call (949) 631-2880.

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