HAROLD "Hal" H. LURIE, M.D., age 93, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 3:05 p.m. of natural causes. Hal was born in Springfield to a Lithuanian immigrant, Ed Lurie and his wife Jeanette. He had two brothers, Sidney, the oldest, who died in 1989 and his kid brother, Don, who was shot down flying his B29's over Tokyo in May 1945. He attended the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia where he received his BS in Medicine and transferred to the University of Tennessee School of Medicine for his clinical years and his MD degree when he gained his favorite nickname of "Lewd Lurie from Ole Missouri". Hal interned at St. Louis City Hospital and then on to a two-year tour of duty in the U.S. Navy. Following that, he went back to St. Louis City Hospital and completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine. In 1952, he returned to Springfield and he has remained there ever since. Hal was one of a vanishing breed. He clearly loved his patients and they returned his affection. He looked to them as they were his own family and overall was medicine at its best. Hal said in an interview "I'm very grateful to the people of Springfield who have been kind enough to keep coming & trusting me". Hal retired from the active practice of medicine in 1992, but has continued to over-read the computer-read EKG's at Cox Health until Christmas of 2014. He served as Chief of Medicine at St. John's, as well as Chief of Staff at Lester E. Cox Medical Center in Springfield. He has been active at the University of Missouri Medical School and has served on both the Board of Governors and the Medical School Foundation including serving as president of both organizations. He also served on the National University of Missouri Alumni Association Board of Directors. But his real avocation has been "scholarships." He served on the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for six years and was on the Scholarship Committee all of those years and served as its chairman for four years. His colleagues at the Diagnostic Clinic have established in his honor a Hal Lurie Scholarship Fund at the Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences in Springfield. Undoubtedly, the activity Hal is most proud of is his work with the Singing Doctors of Springfield. This group sang at medical meetings all over the country for over 30 years, and had a hellva good time doing it. They recorded seven albums of musical medical parodies. They sold the records and proceeds went to a Student Loan Fund. Over the 30 years they raised over $400,000 and gave small loans to over 200 medical students. After the group stopped singing, they took the money from the loan fund as well as donations and transferred the funds to the University of Missouri Medical school and set up an Endowed Scholarship Fund. That fund is now valued at $564,000 and gives one medical student in each of the 4 classes a stipend of $6000 a year. Since 2003 they have graduated 6 Singing Doctor Scholars - all of whom received a minimum of $20,000 during medical school. Hal has been active in his hometown community. In addition to serving on the CFO, he has served on numerous other boards including American Cancer Society, Campfire Girls, Visiting Nurses Association, American Heart Association, Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and others. He was a member of the Masons, Elks, Shrine, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and United Fund Drive. He has been active in the Democratic Party. He is a lifelong member of United Hebrew Congregation and served one term as its president. Hal is survived by his children, David, an attorney in Kansas City and his partner Joyce Meredith, his daughter, Loretta, an advertising executive in New York City and her husband Peter Bornstein, his grandchildren Sydney Bornstein and grandson Jonathan Danieley his wife Teresa and their two children, Lucy and Ruby. He is widowed by his old Roundtree classmate, Genilie Howell who he was married to from 2003 until her death in 2013. She was the love of his life. You are invited to celebrate Hal's remarkable long life with the family at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Temple Israel Cemetery with a reception at the funeral home at 12:30 p.m. Please respect the Jewish tradition and in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the The Singing Doctors at Greene County Medical Society, 1911 South National, Suite 401, Springfield, MO 65804, or Temple Israel, P.O. Box 4284, Springfield, MO 65808.