David “Wade” Marsters Sr., M.D.
1924 – 2009

STRONG — David “Wade” Marsters Sr., M.D., 85, died Nov. 7, at his home in Strong.

He was born Oct. 12, 1924, in Bloomfield, N.J., the son of Arthur and C. Evelyn (Morton) Marsters. His time at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., was interrupted by WWII. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe. He was in the 62nd Infantry Division, 253 Infantry, Company B. He was discharged in June of 1946, then graduated from Union in 1948. He then attended Albany Medical College and his interned at Newark City Hospital.

He practiced medicine in Strong and Phillips. At age 40 Wade completed a residency in anesthesiology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He then practiced at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J., and later at hospitals in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. He retired in 1988.

Wade had many hobbies; fly fishing, fly tying, boating, woodworking, gardening, cooking, cameras, classical music, storytelling, antiques, guns, reading, Chess, Scrabble, travel, bee keeping and raising angel fish. He enjoyed many hours on the Bay of Fundy and at the cottage in Harbourville, Nova Scotia. He spent a number of winters on St. Simons Island, Ga.

He is survived by his “second mate” of 15 years, Judith Allen, of Strong; his son, David W. Marsters Jr., M.D. and his wife, Ann; his daughter, Deborah M. Parrott, M.D. and her husband Russell; grandchildren, Peter Marsters (Dawn), and children, Lilly and Beniah Wade, Karl Marsters, (Catherine), Katherine Marsters, Andrew Parrott and his wife, Heather, and children, Josie Mae and Andrea, Michael Parrott, and Hayes Parrott (Sham), all of Nova Scotia, and Aimee Parrott (John) of Thunder Bay, Ontario; stepchildren, Cynthia Thomas, Jerry Allen, and Wendy Pond and her husband, E. John Pond; step-grandchildren, James Thomas and wife, Mary, Joseph Thomas, Jason Thomas and wife, Sheena, Monica Allen and husband, Ken, Toby Pond and wife, Holly, Travis Pond, Joshua Allen, and Tasha Allen, all of Maine and New Hampshire; and eight step-greatgrandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents; brother, Russell Marsters; sister, Miriam Wallace; and his first wife of 44 years, Shirley Elizabeth “Betty” White who died in 1993.

He was predeceased by his parents; brother, Russell Marsters; sister, Miriam Wallace; and his first wife of 44 years, Shirley Elizabeth “Betty” White, who died in 1993.