On a Sunday afternoon in April they met to thank Dr. Beverly Hosten Dorsey.
They came to celebrate her impact on the community, her strength, and her friendship. Her family, friends, sorority sisters and civil servants flocked to The Spot Diner in Binghamton to celebrate the city’s first black woman’s medical practice and the many lives she touched in her 98 years. praised
Their testimony was identical to a similar little conversation Janine Dorsey Thomas had a few days earlier with her mother a few miles down the road in St. Louise Manor.
Dorsey’s tenacity has shaped her career, as has her love of community. At the core of her reputation was her attitude of treating people with respect. She passed on her precepts to those she spoke to at the April celebrations, and sought to instill them in each of her daughters.
Hosten Dorsey passed away a few weeks later on May 9 with her daughter at her side, leaving this lesson as part of her legacy and a powerful example to follow.
Hosten Dorsey was the first black woman to practice medicine in Binghamton
According to her obituary, Hosten Dorsey was born on April 5, 1925 in Manhattan, but was raised in Brooklyn. She graduated from Hunter College in 1944 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Science, and she taught in elementary school for several years before enrolling in Howard University Medical School.
Hosten Dorsey met her late husband, the late Beverly Dorsey, at Howard University School of Medicine, and the two married in 1953, interned at Queen’s General Hospital, and moved to Binghamton a year later to complete a residency at Wilson Hospital.
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Hosten Dorsey and her husband worked for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company before starting their own medical practice, but retired in 1997.
Hosten Dorsey’s daughter, Adrian Dorsey Wheeler, wrote in her obituary that her mother was generous and “provided unconditional love and concrete advice to her family, patients and community. .
“Beverly was an energetic person, a gifted healer and advocate with a fierce determination to bring smiles and peace to the many venues in which she worked.”
Memorial Service Held for Dr. Beverly Hosten Dorsey
Beverly is survived by daughters Adrian and Janine. He has three grandchildren, Zachary Paul Thomas, William Dorsey Wheeler and Seth Emanual Thomas. her sister-in-law, Anne Denise Bad Hosten; According to her obituary, her nephews Michael Orlando Hosten, Gregory Roul Hosten, Terrence Bora Hosten, Paul Trestand Hosten, Joseph Santiago Hosten, and her devoted friends .
A memorial service will be held at the Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church at 44 Maine St Binghamton, where Hosten Dorsey remained a “very active presence”, on a date to be determined.
Adrian said of his mother’s death, “Following her caring example will help enrich our lives in the future.” “Her legacy will be the love, hard work and wisdom she put into all her life endeavors.”
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