Longtime Peekskill Area Doctor Dies at 87

Stuart Shever Pines, 87 of Houston, TX passed away on Sept.23. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Nancy Glass Pines.  Stuart was a fourth generation native of Peekskill, NY where he practiced medicine and adopted and raised his five children.  He was a 1942 graduate of Peekskill High School who went on to the Citadel Military College of South Carolina where he met his life long best friend, Thomas B. Jackson.  He graduated medical school at Syracuse University in 1953.  

Stuart served his country in the Army Medical Corps and U.S. Army Reserves for 42 years, spanning World War II to Desert Storm, many of those years as a full bird Colonel commanding the 815th Station Hospital in Newburgh, NY.  Stuart also had a deep love of music and played the trumpet most of his life, participating in various bands and marching bands over the years.  He had an intense intellect and was an avid reader who had a fair vocabulary in at least eight languages. Despite such a full life, his dedication to his patients and our country was always secondary to the love and devotion for his wife and family.

Survivors include brother James Pines of Chevy Chase, MD, sisters Joanne Hersh of Peekskill, NY and Doris Markoff of Houston, TX. He is also survived by his daughters Betsy Levinson and husband Marc of Houston, TX, Andrea Galgani of Cold Spring, NY, Susan Wolert and husband Richard of Wappinger Falls, NY and sons Sam Pines and wife Gerd of Woodstock, CT and Larry Pines of Mohegan Lake, NY. He is also survived by grandchildren Matthew and Jessica Pines, Peter and Joseph Galgani, Jordan and Erik Wolert, Sarah Levinson, Erik and Jacob Nimmo and great granddaughter Lillian Nimmo. Contributions can be made to First Hebrew Congregation, Peekskill, NY, Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Cortlandt Manor, NY.