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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Dr. Ferd J. Mueller, who passed away on
4 May 8, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Ferd J. Mueller was born on November 30, 1921 in
6 Belleville; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Dr. Mueller graduated from Saint Louis University
8 School of Medicine in 1945 and served with the United States
9 Army Medical Corps during World War II; after World War II he
10 practiced general medicine in Odell, Illinois for five years;
11 he completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at
12 Saint Louis University Group Hospitals in 1956 and then began
13 his medical practice in Belleville; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Dr. Mueller was a proud member of the Saint Louis
15 University Billiken basketball team during his college days; he
16 was a lifelong supporter of Saint Louis University as an
17 honorary member of the DuBourg Society and the Billiken Tip Off
18 Club; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Dr. Mueller was chief of staff at St. Elizabeth's
20 Hospital in Belleville; he was a member of the St. Clair County
21 Medical Society, the Illinois State Medical Society, the

 

 

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1 American Medical Association, and the St. Louis GYN Society; he
2 was a past president of the Catholic Physicians and Dental
3 Guild; he was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic
4 Church in Belleville and a charter member of the Serra Club of
5 St. Clair County; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Dr. Mueller served on the school board of Our Lady
7 Queen of Peace Grade School and the first school board of
8 Althoff Catholic High School; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Dr. Mueller was preceded in death by his parents,
10 Ferd E. and Odilia M., nee Lindenberger, Mueller; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Catherine
12 M., nee Rost, Mueller, whom he married on September 18, 1944;
13 his sons and daughters, Dr. Stephen V. Mueller, Marybeth (Dr.
14 Curt) Ries, Barbara J. Lombardo, Margo A. Mueller, Dr. Ferd J.
15 Jr. (Allison) Mueller, Michael W. Mueller, Mark C. Mueller, and
16 Tom M. Mueller; his sister, Marilyn E. Louraine Rowan; his 17
17 grandchildren; and his four great-grandchildren; therefore, be
18 it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Ferd J. Mueller; and
22 be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Dr. Ferd J. Mueller as a symbol of
3 our sympathy.