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MARCUS B. "TOMMY" DALKOWITZ Marcus B. "Tommy" Dalkowitz born on Oct. 3, 1922. He was predeceased by his devoted sister, Hermine Dalkowitz Tobolowsky, who was the "Mother of the Texas Equal Legal Rights Amendment." Tommy was the son of Maurice Dalkowitz, a Lithuanian immigrant, who became a south Texas merchant, and his wife, Nora Brown, from Belton, Texas. Tommy graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1939, where he was in the ROTC and marched in the band. He then attended the University of San Antonio, later part of Trinity University. He was drafted in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps for 38 months. He toured the Pacific Theater. After the War, he earned a B.S. in business at St. Mary's. He attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. After completing his residency in Louisville, Kentucky, Tommy was selected for a special fellowship at M.D. Anderson in Houston, where he learned pioneering surgical techniques to treat breast cancer. From 1967-2002, he maintained a medical practice in general surgery, where he focused on breast, trauma and abdominal surgery until his retirement at 80 years of age. Tommy was an honest person, hard-working doctor, and a very loving father. He was a talented surgeon who had a special gift for diagnosing an illness and successfully treating it. He treated many patients who survived for several years, sometimes decades, after his surgery. He was also a very compassionate and generous doctor. Tommy is survived by his wife of 51 years, Lucile; two sons, John and David; and daughter, Anastasia Marie Stacy Sauerwein, and her husband, Steve Sauerwein; his grandchildren Kevin, Andrew and, Katelynn Sauerwein, and Maxwell Preston French; and his cousin Allan Smith. His loyal assistant Rosie Aguilar and his many colleagues and friends from the Downtown Baptist Hospital were considered his family as well. Pall bearers and honorary pall bearers include Genie Wright, Martha E. Martinez, Mary Martinez, Allan Smith, Kevin Sauerwein, Steve Sauerwein and the Tom C. Clark Cougar football team. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:00 P.M., at Oak Hills Mortuary. Interment to follow in Mission Retama Cemetery with Military Honors. In lieu of flowers, you can make a donation in his memory to the MD Anderson Cancer Center at PO Box 4486, Houston, Texas 77210-4486 or 1-800-525-5841 for donations over the phone. Donations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in Marcus B. Dalkowitz' name are also encouraged.

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Marcus B. "Tommy" Dalkowitz

October 3, 1922 - October 26, 2009