Dr. Jorge Jose Gonzalez died Saturday, April 13, 2019, from complications of ALS. He was born Aug. 13, 1945, in Valdivia, Chile, to Manuel Gonzalez and Ema Clasing.
He served many years as a member of the house staff at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He was the director of the Internal Medicine Residency program of the Wilmington Area Health Education Center and a tenured professor of medicine for the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. An endocrinologist, he helped to found the Tileston medical clinic. Being a doctor was who he was, not what he did for a living.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Barbara Hayworth Gonzalez; and brother and sister-in-law, Roberto and Maria Eugenia Gonzalez of Santiago, Chile. He is also survived by his two daughters, Carla Gonzalez Burkhard, and her husband, Michael, of Durham, and Cristina Gonzalez Pollock, and her husband, Hoke Ward, of Wilmington. One of the greatest joys of his life were his seven grandchildren, Hoke Samuel, Cole, Miles, Max, and Ema Pollock and Chris and Zach Burkhard.
The family will receive guests from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, at Andrews Valley Chapel, 4108 S. College Road. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, at Church of the Servant, 4925 Oriole Drive, Wilmington. Internment of his ashes will be held privately at a later time.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the ALS Association or Church of the Servant.
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