Kaplan, Jerrold's Obituary
Dr. Jerrold Marvin Kaplan of Mountain View, California died peacefully on November 26, 2024. at home, one day shy of his 86th birthday. A kind and generous husband, father, and grandpa, he is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Carolyn (Sissy), his sons David and Brian, his son-in-law Daniel, daughter-in-law Stephanie and grandchildren - Sam (wife Hannah), Josh, Max and Madeline.
Dr. Kaplan was born Nov. 17, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois to Meye and Edith Kaplan. He graduated from Sullivan High School in Chicago (1955), the University of Illinois-Champaign (1959), and the University of Illinois School of Medicine (1963). Following graduation, he enlisted in the US Army as a Captain and performed his medical internship and residency (Internal Medicine) at Letterman General Hospital on the Presidio in San Francisco. Dr. Kaplan was promoted to Major in 1966, before transferring to Heidelberg, Germany, and serving as Chief of Staff for the 130th Station Hospital. Upon his honorable discharge from the military in 1970, he relocated to California for a cardiology fellowship at Cedars of Lebanon in Los Angeles, before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971 to begin his career in private practice in Internal Medicine/Cardiology. He joined a group of physicians in San Bruno and joined the staff at Mills-Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame. He remained on the active staff at Mills-Peninsula Hospital for 52 years. He also volunteered his time and expertise at Samaritan House San Mateo, seeing patients in the underserved community.
Jerry met his wife Carolyn (Sissy) in the Summer of 1959 in Eagle River, Wisconsin, having been introduced by her brother. They married in Chicago in 1962, and shortly thereafter relocated to San Francisco following Jerrold's graduation from medical School. The birth of their two sons followed, and military service led the family to Germany before they settled in Hillsborough, California, where they remained foe the next four decades. More recently, Dr. Kaplan and Sissy made their home in Mountain View.
Jerry enjoyed traveling with his wife, family members, and friends, visiting more than 60 countries on six continents - from New Zealand to Argentina, from the Galapagos Islands to the plains of Kenya and Tanzania, from the battlefield at Normandy to the Great Wall of China.
In the end, the essence of this fine, smart, kind man was his steadfast devotion to his family who were blessed to love him and be loved by him, and to his many, many patients, who were fortunate to call him their doctor.
Additional family survivors include Jerrold's brothers Ronald (Adriane) and Burton (Janet) Kaplan.
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