Klaus Jergen Staisch, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gnecology, died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, after apparently suffering a heart attack while walking his dogs near his home in Ladue, Mo. He was 67.
Staisch was an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology from 1987-2000, when he went into private practice. He also served as vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1991-94.
Additionally, he was the obstetrician/gynecologist in chief at St. Louis Regional Medical Center from 1987-1997 and president of the medical staff there from 1994-96.
He recently served on the medical staffs of Anderson Hospital in Maryville, the former St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Granite City and St. Elizabeths’s and Memorial hospitals in Belleville, Ill. He retired from his practice in Maryville in 2003.
Born in Stettin, germany, Staisch immigrated to WEst Germany with his family during World War II. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree from Philipps University Medical School in Marburg, Germany, and a medical degree from the Free University of Berlin in 1966. He immigrated to the Unived States in 1968.
A memorial service was held Oct. 29, and the body was cremated. Interment will be Dec. 3 in Lenderscheid, Germany.
Among his survivors are his wife of 23 years, Cristina Rodriguez Staisch; four daughters, Andrea Von Vultejus, Karen Hamel, Julia Staisch and Lydia Staisch; mother, Dora Staisch; a sister, Heidrun Altmaier; and three grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Doctors Without Boarders, 333 7th Ave., Second Floor; New York, NY 10001-5004.