GEORGE GERSHON STERNE, M.D., 85, a retired pediatrician who died in Seattle, WA. on November 7, 2017, was remembered just a few days before what would have been his 86th birthday with a memorial to his life at Temple Sinai on Sunday, March 4.

The memorial service was officiated by Rabbi Ed Paul Cohn at 1:00 p.m. in the synagogue’s Feibelman Chapel, 6227 St. Charles Avenue.

A native of Albany, Georgia, Dr. Sterne practiced pediatrics for more than 50 years and was a noted advocate for early childhood education and child health. 

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sylvia Stahl Sterne, their children Mark Shabot Sterne (Pilar) of San Francisco; Steven Gary Sterne (Jennifer Lynn Dice) of Seattle, WA and Susan Sterne (Peter Kellers) of Portland, OR., siblings Lee M. Sterne, Jr., Pauline Sterne Schochet, and Carla Sterne Linn (Steve); and three grandchildren. 

Memorials are preferred to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove, IL. 60007-1098, Planned Parenthood, 4636 So. Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, LA. 70125 or The New Orleans Public Library Foundation, 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 322, New Orleans, LA. 70113.