Alfred William Thomas Tan, M.D.

Alfred William Thomas Tan, MD, 88 of Levelland passed from this life on July 23,2024. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, August 1, 2024, with the Rosary being held at 6:00 pm at Krestridge Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, August 2, 2024, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the City of Levelland Cemetery.

Dr. Tan, born on February.15, 1936 in Jakarta, Indonesia and home-schooled by his mother and older brother (the late Dr. Rudy Tan, a surgeon). In 1946 he graduated from grade school at the age of 10 years. He graduated from a Dutch high school at the age of 14. Alfred got his medical degree from the University of Indonesia, Medical School in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 25, 1959.

He became a public health official in Central Kalimantan (Borneo), in a place called Sampit and later Palangka Raya at the age of 23, where he practiced medicine in jungle conditions with limited supplies and equipment. At one time he was the only physician in a province in Central Borneo.

After practicing medicine in Borneo for more than 15 years, he migrated to the U.S.A. and became a family medicine physician in Levelland, Texas for 34 years. He retired in Oct. 1, 2013. Alfred is a world traveler, he visited countries in western / Eastern Europe, North, Central, and South America, Asia, Africa, as well as many Pacific Islands. Dr. Tan is survived by an older brother, sister-in-law, two nephews and two nieces. He is a fervent, practicing traditional Roman Catholic, blessed by Almighty God.

Services with integrity, honor and pride are under the direction of Krestridge Funeral Home. (806) 897-1111