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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dr. William Joseph Tansey, II, who passed
4away on December 20, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey was born on December 31, 1936
6in Chicago; he attended grade school in Oak Park, graduated
7from Loyola Academy, and earned his bachelor's degree from
8Loyola University of Chicago; he received his medical degree
9from the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine; he married
10Jacqueline Vogel in 1965; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey was an orthopedic surgeon for
12more than 50 years at Good Samaritan, St. Anne's, and Loretto
13hospitals; he was the former chief of staff at Good Samaritan
14Hospital in Downers Grove; he was a member of the planning
15committee in 1974 that led to the opening of the hospital in
161976 and served on the staff; he was named chief in 1981 and
17retired in 1999; he also taught orthopedic surgery at
18Northwestern University for over 35 years; he was the lead
19medical expert in the marketing of the first ever hand held
20x-ray device, the lixiscope; he traveled to China in 1985 on a
21Harvard Medical Sino scientific exchange; from 1998 to
22recently, he made 4 pilgrimages to Lourdes, France as part of a
23medical team; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey earned his pilot's license in
21967 and enlisted in the United States Air Force Reserve; he
3was attached to the medical unit at Elmondorf Air Force Base in
4Alaska; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey was ordained a Roman Catholic
6deacon in 1999 for the Diocese of Joliet and was a long-time
7deacon at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Oakbrook
8Terrace; he helped many people through his involvement in
9Catholic Charities, the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, and the
10Knights of Malta; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey joined the Sovereign Military
12Hospital Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta
13American Association, USA in 1996; he served on the Loyola
14Stritch School of Medicine Annual Award Dinner's Executive
15Committee for many years and was named general chairman in
161996; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey served as a champion for the
18sick and the poor throughout his life; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dr. William Tansey was the beloved husband of 48
20years of Jacqueline (nee Vogel); the loving father of William,
21John (Susan), Michael (Janeta), Michelle, Melissa (Yuthikar)

 

 

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1Sokban, Timothy (Suzanne), Joseph (Kelley), and Mary Therese
2Tansey; and the devoted grandfather of 13; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
5Dr. William Joseph Tansey, II, and extend our sincere
6condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
7him; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Dr. William Tansey as an expression
10of our deepest sympathy.