John J. O'Neill, 86, Delco family physician

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, August, 2008 | by Rusty Pray Inquirer Staff Writer

John J. O'Neill, 86, who for the better part of 40 years practiced family medicine in Delaware County the old-fashioned way, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his home in Havertown. Dr. O'Neill, who graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1949, practiced from an office on Long Lane in Upper Darby until he retired in 1991.  From  is the operative word, because Dr.

O'Neill made house calls for years - sometimes 11 a day, his family said. His wife of 55 years, JoAnn, a former nurse at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital - where Dr. O'Neill served his internship and residency, and with which he remained affiliated until he retired - recalled dates that began with a house call, followed by dinner or a movie. His children remember waiting in the car for him while he made a...