Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameDr. Jay Duncan HARVIEL MD 
3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.,470, Dr Jay Duncan Harviel,261, Ernest Jackson Harviel
3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.,470, Dr Jay Duncan Harviel,261, Ernest Jackson HarvielBirthFeb 1, 1947, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.
DeathApr 16, 2002, Boise, Ada County, Idaho3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.,470, Dr Jay Duncan Harviel
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.,470, Dr Jay Duncan Harviel
FlagsUS Army, US Military
FatherJay C. HARVIEL (1914-1972)
MotherAnne Elizabeth DUNCAN (1911-2010)
Spouses
Marriage1989, Fairfax County, Virginia3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.
Obituary Online notes for Dr. Jay Duncan HARVIEL MD
4/19/2002
Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.
BOISE, IDAHO — Jay Duncan Harviel, M.D., 55, of Boise, Idaho, died April 16, 2002, at Saint Alphonsus Hospital after a sudden illness.
Duncan was born February 1, 1947 in Greensboro, North Carolina to J.C. Harviel and Elizabeth Duncan.
He graduated from Williams High School in Burlington in 1965, and was National Merit Scholar. Dr. Harviel was educated at the University of Miami, graduating cum laude in chemistry and later graduating from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1972.
He completed his surgical training at the University of Hawaii and subsequently served in hospitals in Europe with the U.S. Army. He was stationed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, after a brief time practicing surgery in Louisiana and North Carolina.
He returned to academic medicine in 1987, completing a fellowship in trauma at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and stayed on as attending faculty, eventually serving as trauma director. He was a respected educator of surgical residents and authored numerous articles contributing to the surgical literature. In 1997, he left academia to pursue private practice in Boise, ID. His practice consisted of trauma, general surgery, and critical care, and he was likely the first surgeon double-boarded in surgery and critical care in the state of Idaho. He was also proud to be a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. While in Boise, he became very active in the Ada County Medical Society, serving on the Board of Directors, and also the Idaho Medical Association. He will be remembered as a powerful advocate for critically injured patients in his last role as trauma director at Saint Alphonsus RMC. Dr. Harviel served on the hospital ship USNS Comfort during the Persian Gulf War as part of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He received many military honors and commendations, and continued to serve in the medical corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve in Boise, at the rank of Captain. Duncan married his wife, Robin, in 1989, in Fairfax, VA. It was there they made their home and raised their two daughters before moving to Boise in 1997. In Boise, they shared a happy and full life of true friendship and outdoor activities; together they enjoyed getting involved in their new community. Duncan was an Eagle Scout and a Mason as well as an active member of the Cathedral of the Rockies Methodist Church. An avid outdoorsman, Duncan enjoyed fly-fishing, golf, snow skiing, and spending time with family and friends on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He was a kind and thoughtful husband and a devoted father to his daughters. Duncan was a student of medicine and history, and especially interested in the Civil War. However, he was as much a man of the New West as of the Old South. He left the traditions of the South, to whose soil he will return, to plant these seeds here in the mountains and the prairie; here they will grow and ripen, nurtured by those he has touched
and comforted. The loss of this charismatic free spirit will be deeply felt by all who loved him. “And the night came with great quiet. And there was rest. The prairie years, the war years, were over.” (Sandburg)
Duncan is survived by his wife, Robin, daughter, Claire Cyrnak of Denver, CO, daughter, Jennifer Gilroy and her husband Len, of New Orleans, LA, mother Elizabeth Duncan Harviel, brother, Judge Ernest Harviel and his wife, Jolete, niece, Carrie Harviel, niece, Jennifer Surles and her husband, Kenneth, all of Burlington, N.C., aunt, Nell Harviel of Burlington, aunt, Emma Witherington of Grifton, NC, and uncle, Macon Duncan of New Bern.
Services will be held Sunday, April 21, 2002 at the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington at 3:30 P.M. and conducted by Rev. Genie Martin, First Presbyterian Church.
Burial will be at Alamance Memorial Park following the service.
The family will greet friends in the Board Room of the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington from 2:30 til 3:15 P.M. prior to the service. The family is sincerely grateful for the heroic efforts and compassion of the Saint Alphonsus staff.
In lieu of flowers, charitable donations can be made to the Veteran’s Home in Boise or the Children’s Home Society of Idaho.
Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service, Burlington is handling local arrangements. 3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.
Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.
BOISE, IDAHO — Jay Duncan Harviel, M.D., 55, of Boise, Idaho, died April 16, 2002, at Saint Alphonsus Hospital after a sudden illness.
Duncan was born February 1, 1947 in Greensboro, North Carolina to J.C. Harviel and Elizabeth Duncan.
He graduated from Williams High School in Burlington in 1965, and was National Merit Scholar. Dr. Harviel was educated at the University of Miami, graduating cum laude in chemistry and later graduating from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1972.
He completed his surgical training at the University of Hawaii and subsequently served in hospitals in Europe with the U.S. Army. He was stationed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, after a brief time practicing surgery in Louisiana and North Carolina.
He returned to academic medicine in 1987, completing a fellowship in trauma at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and stayed on as attending faculty, eventually serving as trauma director. He was a respected educator of surgical residents and authored numerous articles contributing to the surgical literature. In 1997, he left academia to pursue private practice in Boise, ID. His practice consisted of trauma, general surgery, and critical care, and he was likely the first surgeon double-boarded in surgery and critical care in the state of Idaho. He was also proud to be a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. While in Boise, he became very active in the Ada County Medical Society, serving on the Board of Directors, and also the Idaho Medical Association. He will be remembered as a powerful advocate for critically injured patients in his last role as trauma director at Saint Alphonsus RMC. Dr. Harviel served on the hospital ship USNS Comfort during the Persian Gulf War as part of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He received many military honors and commendations, and continued to serve in the medical corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve in Boise, at the rank of Captain. Duncan married his wife, Robin, in 1989, in Fairfax, VA. It was there they made their home and raised their two daughters before moving to Boise in 1997. In Boise, they shared a happy and full life of true friendship and outdoor activities; together they enjoyed getting involved in their new community. Duncan was an Eagle Scout and a Mason as well as an active member of the Cathedral of the Rockies Methodist Church. An avid outdoorsman, Duncan enjoyed fly-fishing, golf, snow skiing, and spending time with family and friends on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He was a kind and thoughtful husband and a devoted father to his daughters. Duncan was a student of medicine and history, and especially interested in the Civil War. However, he was as much a man of the New West as of the Old South. He left the traditions of the South, to whose soil he will return, to plant these seeds here in the mountains and the prairie; here they will grow and ripen, nurtured by those he has touched
and comforted. The loss of this charismatic free spirit will be deeply felt by all who loved him. “And the night came with great quiet. And there was rest. The prairie years, the war years, were over.” (Sandburg)
Duncan is survived by his wife, Robin, daughter, Claire Cyrnak of Denver, CO, daughter, Jennifer Gilroy and her husband Len, of New Orleans, LA, mother Elizabeth Duncan Harviel, brother, Judge Ernest Harviel and his wife, Jolete, niece, Carrie Harviel, niece, Jennifer Surles and her husband, Kenneth, all of Burlington, N.C., aunt, Nell Harviel of Burlington, aunt, Emma Witherington of Grifton, NC, and uncle, Macon Duncan of New Bern.
Services will be held Sunday, April 21, 2002 at the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington at 3:30 P.M. and conducted by Rev. Genie Martin, First Presbyterian Church.
Burial will be at Alamance Memorial Park following the service.
The family will greet friends in the Board Room of the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington from 2:30 til 3:15 P.M. prior to the service. The family is sincerely grateful for the heroic efforts and compassion of the Saint Alphonsus staff.
In lieu of flowers, charitable donations can be made to the Veteran’s Home in Boise or the Children’s Home Society of Idaho.
Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service, Burlington is handling local arrangements. 3, Jay Duncan Harviel M.D.