Dr. Paula H. Angelos

Dr. Paula H. Angelos, 77, a retired pediatrician and Ojai resident since 1984, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002 at the Skilled Nursing Facility at Ojai Valley Community Hospital, after a long illness.
Born in New York City, she completed her undergraduate studies at Queens College and received her medical degree at New York University, then interned at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. She did her residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in Lower Manhattan, which was the emergency medical center following the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack.
She met her husband, Lewis R. Angelos, while he was studying on the G.I. Bill at Syracuse University following service in the army in Europe during World War II. After their marriage in 1948, she established a pediatric practice in Port Washington, Long Island, their home until they moved to California in 1972. Following that move, Dr. Angelos practiced pediatrics at the Well Baby Clinic of the L.A. County Medical Center in Venice, from which she retired in 1984.
A skier and tennis player until only a few years ago, she also pursued gardening and nature studies following her retirement. Her interests included literature, travel, politics and the arts.
Dr. Angelos entered medical school at a time when women were still a small minority in the profession. Her pediatric practice spanned a revolution in juvenile medicine, and she worked to stay abreast of the latest and best in treatment for children. During her years in Port Washington, Dr. Angelos also served as a physician at the local high school and was the first president of Port Alert, a pioneering program to fight teenage drug use. For her work at the Venice clinic, she studied Spanish to better serve her Latino patients.
Even after her retirement and move to Ojai, she continued to attend seminars and courses to stay current with developments in her field. Meanwhile, she and her husband began working as tutors and readers at Meiners Oaks Elementary School and the Ojai Library, where they were mainstays of the "Grandparents and Books" program.
Besides her husband and sister, Margot Fletcher of Port Washington, Paula leaves three children: Claudia Angelos of New York City, Peter Angelos of Mill Valley, Calif., and Christopher Angelos of Monterey, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be sent to the St. Labre Indian School, Ashland, MT 59004-1001; phone: (406) 784-4500. Checks should indicate that the donation is being made in memory of Paula H. Angelos, and donors should ask for an acknowledgment.
Arrangements were under the direction of Clausen Funeral Home in Ojai

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