Dr. Wilbur F. Britt, 73, Glenview neurosurgeon Navy veteran served on ship in S. Pacific for two years

Dr. Wilbur F. Britt chose a career in neurosurgery for the samereason many people shy away from it.

"He said it was the most challenging thing he could think of," Dr.Britt's son, Derrick Britt, said.

Dr. Britt, of Glenview, died of pancreatic cancer July 28 atGlenbrook Hospital. He was 73.

A neurosurgeon for almost 40 years, Dr. Britt was a well-liked,talented doctor whose wry sense of humor was matched only by hisskill on the golf course, relatives said.

"He shot a 67 one day, which is an unbelievable score, and one ofhis golfing cronies called from Italy in the middle of the night whenhe heard," Derrick Britt, 37, said. "The first thing Bill …