Full Text of SR0568 93rd General Assembly
SR0568 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened | 3 |
| to learn of the death of Dr. Peter J. McFarlane of Godfrey on | 4 |
| May 18, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Peter McFarlane was born Jan. 27, 1918, in Moline | 6 |
| the son of the late John and Cora (Davis) McFarlane; he married | 7 |
| the former Bertha Lucille Biondolino on December 26, 1942, at | 8 |
| the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Alton; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, A longtime Alton area physician, he was a graduate | 10 |
| of Marquette Catholic High School, Shurtleff College, and the | 11 |
| University of Illinois Medical School; he served his internship | 12 |
| at St. Margaret's Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, and his | 13 |
| residency at Fitzsimmons Hospital in Denver, Colorado; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. McFarlane served his country in the United | 15 |
| States Army Medical Corps during World War II and began his | 16 |
| Alton medical practice in 1952, retiring in 1984; he served as | 17 |
| chief of obstetrics and chief of staff at the former St. | 18 |
| Joseph's Hospital in Alton and remained as a medical consultant | 19 |
| at St. Anthony's until 2000; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of the former St. | 21 |
| Patrick's Catholic Church in Alton and St. Ambrose Catholic | 22 |
| Church in Godfrey; he was also a member of the American College | 23 |
| of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a diplomate of the American | 24 |
| Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. McFarlane was devoted to his family; in his | 26 |
| spare time he enjoyed carpentry, reading, and dancing; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Peter McFarlane will be deeply | 28 |
| felt by many, especially his
beloved wife of nearly 62 years, | 29 |
| Bertha; his 11 children and their spouses, Margaret Guccione, |
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| John and Linda McFarlane, Peter and Pam McFarlane, Thomas and | 2 |
| Mary McFarlane, Paul and Valerie McFarlane, Anne and Ron | 3 |
| Mangus, James and LuAnn McFarlane, Mary and Jeff Vaughn, Joseph | 4 |
| and Chris McFarlane, Andrew and Cathy McFarlane, and Robert and | 5 |
| Josephine McFarlane; his 32 grandchildren; his one | 6 |
| great-grandchild; his other extended family; and his many | 7 |
| friends; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS,
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in | 9 |
| death by a son, Philip McFarlane; four brothers, Robert, | 10 |
| Thomas, Charles, and William McFarlane; and two sisters, Eileen | 11 |
| Frohock and Margaret Moore; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 14 |
| Dr. Peter J. McFarlane along with all who knew and loved him | 15 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; | 16 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Peter J. McFarlane as an | 19 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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