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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Dr. Claude Hiles of Glen Carbon, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 12, 2008; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Claude Hiles was born on May 15, 1923, in Granite | ||||||
| 6 | City, the son of Joseph and Lena Hiles, where he lived until | ||||||
| 7 | moving to Glen Carbon in 1962; he married Audrey Sheppard on | ||||||
| 8 | March 26, 1948, in Granite City; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, A member of the greatest generation, he left his | ||||||
| 10 | job at American Steel in Granite City and enlisted in the | ||||||
| 11 | United States Navy, becoming a Pharmacists Mate First Class in | ||||||
| 12 | the Medical Corp; he earned a Bronze Star, participating in the | ||||||
| 13 | invasion and subsequent Philippine Liberation; like many in the | ||||||
| 14 | Corp at that time, he donated his own vitamins and medicine to | ||||||
| 15 | those on the Island in greater need; he never spoke of the | ||||||
| 16 | personal disability which resulted from that unselfish act; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, After the war, Claude attended The Chicago College | ||||||
| 18 | of Chiropody and Pedic Surgery (now Scholl College of Podiatric | ||||||
| 19 | Medicine), earning his degree as a foot doctor in 1949; always | ||||||
| 20 | active and committed, he served his community in many | ||||||
| 21 | leadership roles over the years including, among others, | ||||||
| 22 | membership on the School Board and Housing Authority | ||||||
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| 1 | Commissioner; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Claude Hiles practiced podiatry for 40 years, with | ||||||
| 3 | offices in Granite City, Alton, East St. Louis, and on The Hill | ||||||
| 4 | in St. Louis; he was credited as being the founding father of | ||||||
| 5 | podiatry in the St. Louis area, having trained numerous foot | ||||||
| 6 | surgeons during the 1970s; he founded the first surgical | ||||||
| 7 | residency program in the Metro-St. Louis region at Lindell | ||||||
| 8 | Hospital and was also the first podiatrist on staff at Anderson | ||||||
| 9 | Hospital in Maryville, where he chaired the podiatry committee | ||||||
| 10 | for a number of years; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Claude Hiles was named a Fellow of the | ||||||
| 12 | International College of Foot Surgeons for his success and | ||||||
| 13 | leadership in surgery; he was on the Board of Trustees of the | ||||||
| 14 | Big Ten Club of Podiatry which also recognized him as Man of | ||||||
| 15 | the Year for continuous outstanding service to the profession; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey; he | ||||||
| 18 | was also preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Gladys | ||||||
| 19 | Gilly and Agnes Bowler; and his brother, Joseph Hiles; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, He is survived by his two sons, David and Tony | ||||||
| 21 | Hiles; his two daughters, Aleana Hiles and Leann Kinscherff; | ||||||
| 22 | one son-in-law, David Kinscherff; one daughter-in-law, Donna | ||||||
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| 1 | Hiles; one foster son, Bob Michaels; four grandsons, John and | ||||||
| 2 | Matthew Kinscherff, and Chad and Clayton Hiles; two | ||||||
| 3 | granddaughters, Kristin Kinscherff and Kristin Best; one | ||||||
| 4 | great-granddaughter, Haley Kinscherff; and several dear nieces | ||||||
| 5 | and nephews and many friends; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 8 | his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Claude Hiles; and be | ||||||
| 9 | it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Dr. Claude Hiles as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 12 | sincere sympathy.
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