Sheldon Spielman, MD, z”l died Sunday, Aug. 6, in the company of his family at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center.
Spielman was born to Leo and Lillian (Rosenberg) Spielman in 1931. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the New York University College of Medicine, this native New Yorker first came to the Northwest to visit a classmate practicing in Seattle. He moved his family to Portland the following year. Sheldon joined Kaiser’s OB-GYN program in 1966 and practiced there until his retirement in 1993. Dr. Spielman touched many lives, having delivered thousands of Oregonians there.
Known for his dry humor and retelling familiar jokes at the dinner table, Sheldon also loved opera and built fine furniture. An avid outdoorsman, he took his family hiking, fishing and backpacking all over Oregon, most of Washington and significant parts of Idaho and Montana.
Dr. Spielman is survived by his wife, Ruth (Lurie) Spielman; his children, Abbie Spielman, Deborah Spielman Fleming and Daniel Mark Spielman; and five grandchildren.