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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. Eugenia Marie Pierce Vest of Godfrey, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on January 11, 2010; and
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5 | WHEREAS, She was born June 8, 1926, in Virginia, Minnesota, | ||||||
6 | to James and Agnes (Honsa) Pierce; she married Thomas Bruce | ||||||
7 | Vest, M.D., May 7, 1959, in St. Louis; they were happily | ||||||
8 | married for 50 years; and
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9 | WHEREAS, She graduated with a bachelor's of science degree | ||||||
10 | in education from the University of Minnesota in 1947 and later | ||||||
11 | with a bachelor's of science degree in physical therapy in | ||||||
12 | 1950; she helped to rehabilitate victims of the polio epidemic | ||||||
13 | in Detroit and later treated wounded soldiers at the John | ||||||
14 | Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis; she pursued her passion | ||||||
15 | for medicine and was one of only four women in a class of | ||||||
16 | approximately 150 who graduated from the St. Louis University | ||||||
17 | School of Medicine, class of 1958; and
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18 | WHEREAS, She completed a residency in pediatrics at St. | ||||||
19 | Louis Children's Hospital in 1961; Dr. Pierce practiced | ||||||
20 | pediatrics at Labor Health Institute and at St. Louis | ||||||
21 | Children's from 1961 until 2004; she was a member of St. | ||||||
22 | Ambrose Catholic Church in her hometown of Godfrey since 1964; |
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1 | and
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2 | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, James | ||||||
3 | and Agnes Pierce; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Eugenia Vest, M.D. is survived by her husband, | ||||||
5 | Thomas Bruce Vest, M.D.; her son, Bruce T. Vest, M.D., his | ||||||
6 | wife, Kathleen Paletta Vest, M.D., and their seven children, | ||||||
7 | Trip, Amanda, Sam, Max, Mallorie, Blake, and Luke; her | ||||||
8 | daughter, Jeanie M. Thompson, M.D., her husband, Ray E. | ||||||
9 | Thompson III, and their two children, Ray IV and Christina; her | ||||||
10 | daughter, Mary V. Mason M.D., her husband, John E. Mason, M.D., | ||||||
11 | and their two children, Lauren and Patrick; and her two | ||||||
12 | sisters, Lillian L. and Cecelia A. Pierce; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
15 | her family, friends, and people she touched over the years, the | ||||||
16 | passing of Dr. Eugenia Vest; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Dr. Eugenia Vest as a symbol of our | ||||||
19 | sincere sympathy.
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