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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Anna E.
4 Barnstable, M.D., of Lindenhurst, on April 22, 2003; and
5 WHEREAS, Born on May 31, 1916 in Gurnee to Edith (Wilson)
6 and Ernest Barnstable, Dr. Barnstable was a lifelong resident
7 of Lake County graduating from Waukegan High School in 1933;
8 in 1937 she graduated cum laude from Lake Forest College then
9 studied at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago to become a
10 clinical laboratory medical technologist; she entered medical
11 school at the University of Illinois Chicago campus in 1945
12 and received her M.D. in 1949; she served both an internship
13 and residency in anesthesiology at Grant Hospital in Chicago;
14 and
15 WHEREAS, Dr. Barnstable returned to Waukegan and became
16 the first Board Certified physician anesthesiologist to serve
17 the community; during her career she served on the medical
18 staffs of many area hospitals, focusing most of her practice
19 years at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan; and
20 WHEREAS, A long-time member and former president of the
21 Chicago Society of Anesthesiologists, Dr. Barnstable retired
22 from her medical practice in 1986; in 1992, she was awarded
23 an Alumni Distinguished Service Citation from Lake Forest
24 College; and
25 WHEREAS, Dr. Barnstable traveled extensively around the
26 world during her life, including excursions to all seven
27 continents; she attended a variety of post-graduate medical
28 seminars, visiting hospitals and operating rooms from the
29 QE-2 cruise ship, the Bush Hospitals in Africa, and the
30 hospital at the Chilean Air Force Base at Antarctica; one of
31 her favorite past-times was overseeing the operation of her
32 family's farm in Kansas; and
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1 WHEREAS, Dr. Barnstable will long be remembered as a
2 meticulous, compassionate, and caring physician by her many
3 patients, hospital employees, and physician colleagues;
4 therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
7 of Anna E. Barnstable, M.D. and express our sincere and
8 deepest sympathy to her family and friends; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Anna E. Barnstable, M.D. as an
11 expression of our condolences during their time of
12 bereavement.