Full Text of SR0862 95th General Assembly
SR0862 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Dr. Bruno Anton Desulis of Yorkville, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 15, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Bruno Anton Desulis was born on September 8, 1913 | 6 |
| in Chicago, the son of Anton and Antonette (Gudwich) Desulis; | 7 |
| he met his wife, Elspith Anderson, at the Marlboro Presbyterian | 8 |
| Church in Chicago; following his graduation in 1937 from the | 9 |
| University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago, they were | 10 |
| united in marriage on October 1, 1938 in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He interned at Augustana Hospital in Chicago, and | 12 |
| during his career delivered over 1,000 babies; he and his wife | 13 |
| moved to Beardstown in 1940, where he began his private | 14 |
| practice as a general practitioner and surgeon; he served as | 15 |
| the Chief of the Medical Staff at Schmidt Memorial Hospital in | 16 |
| Beardstown; he belonged to the Board of Directors of the | 17 |
| Beardstown Savings and Loan, and was a member of the Elks and | 18 |
| other service and civic organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a veteran of the United States Navy and | 20 |
| served during World War II as a Lieutenant J.G.; throughout his | 21 |
| life, Dr. Desulis continued his education; he was a member of | 22 |
| the American Medical Association; he enjoyed playing bridge, |
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| reading, nature, the arts, his friends and family, and | 2 |
| especially the practice of medicine; in 1996 he and his wife | 3 |
| moved to Yorkville; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Anton and | 5 |
| Antonette Desulis; his sisters, Helen Desulis and Stephanie | 6 |
| Klonsos; his brother, Stanley Desulis; and his granddaughter, | 7 |
| Elizabeth Herndon; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Elspith Desulis; his | 9 |
| children, Thomas Anton (Nancy) Desulis, Stanley Walter | 10 |
| (Marcia) Desulis, and Janet Ann (James) Hissong; his | 11 |
| grandchildren, Kathryn Desulis, Michael (Jennifer) Desulis, | 12 |
| Craig Hissong, and Richard Desulis; his great-grandson, Brian | 13 |
| Anton Desulis; as well as several nieces, nephews, and cousins; | 14 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Bruno Anton Desulis; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Desulis as a symbol of our | 21 |
| sincere sympathy.
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