Feb. 8, 1948: Meet Minnesota's best family doctor

In 1948, the State Medical Association honored Dr. William Wallace Will as Minnesota's outstanding general practitioner in recognition of his four decades of work caring for the people of Bertha, Minn.

September 2, 2018 at 3:31PM
Dr. William Will shoveling, 1948
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Shoveling snow is one of the few ways Dr. Will exercises. He has no hobbies.

Dr. William Will and the Hukriedes in 1948
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Dr. Will has delivered more than 4,000 babies since he set up practice in Bertha. His latest one was Steven Lee, shown when he was five days old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hukriede. Three of the Hukriedes' other six children were delivered by Dr. Will after the parents moved to Bertha. Dr. Will has been an officer in the state medical society since 1921.

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