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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Dr. Eugenia Marie Pierce Vest of Godfrey, |
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| who passed away on January 11, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born June 8, 1926, in Virginia, Minnesota, |
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| to James and Agnes (Honsa) Pierce; she married Thomas Bruce |
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| Vest, M.D., May 7, 1959, in St. Louis; they were happily |
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| married for 50 years; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated with a bachelor's of science degree |
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| in education from the University of Minnesota in 1947 and later |
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| with a bachelor's of science degree in physical therapy in |
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| 1950; she helped to rehabilitate victims of the polio epidemic |
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| in Detroit and later treated wounded soldiers at the John |
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| Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis; she pursued her passion |
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| for medicine and was one of only four women in a class of |
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| approximately 150 who graduated from the St. Louis University |
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| School of Medicine, class of 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, She completed a residency in pediatrics at St. |
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| Louis Children's Hospital in 1961; Dr. Pierce practiced |
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| pediatrics at Labor Health Institute and at St. Louis |
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| Children's from 1961 until 2004; she was a member of St. |
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| Ambrose Catholic Church in her hometown of Godfrey since 1964; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, James |
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| and Agnes Pierce; and
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| WHEREAS, Eugenia Vest, M.D. is survived by her husband, |
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| Thomas Bruce Vest, M.D.; her son, Bruce T. Vest, M.D., his |
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| wife, Kathleen Paletta Vest, M.D., and their seven children, |
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| Trip, Amanda, Sam, Max, Mallorie, Blake, and Luke; her |
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| daughter, Jeanie M. Thompson, M.D., her husband, Ray E. |
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| Thompson III, and their two children, Ray IV and Christina; her |
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| daughter, Mary V. Mason M.D., her husband, John E. Mason, M.D., |
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| and their two children, Lauren and Patrick; and her two |
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| sisters, Lillian L. and Cecelia A. Pierce; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family, friends, and people she touched over the years, the |
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| passing of Dr. Eugenia Vest; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Dr. Eugenia Vest as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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