Full Text of HR1278 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. | 4 | | Albert G. Bledig, who passed away on December 24, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Originally from Galatia, Dr. Albert Bledig | 6 | | attended the University of Illinois for both undergraduate | 7 | | studies and medical school; he completed an internship at | 8 | | Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago and served as a Captain in | 9 | | the United States Army, in medical services, before entering | 10 | | private practice in Eldorado; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Albert Bledig was certified as a Charter | 12 | | Member of the American Board of Family Medicine in 1971, and he | 13 | | was committed to maintaining that rigorous distinction every | 14 | | seven years throughout his career; he earned many honors for | 15 | | his medical service, including the Physician of Excellence | 16 | | Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; he was also | 17 | | selected as one of America's Top Family Doctors by the | 18 | | Consumers' Research Council of America; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In addition to delivering health care, Dr. Albert | 20 | | Bledig also served the community in a variety of civic roles; | 21 | | he was a member of the Eldorado School Board and the SIC Board | 22 | | of Trustees; he also served on the Board of Directors for |
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| 1 | | Ferrell Hospital and Fountainview Nursing Home; he was a member | 2 | | of the First Presbyterian Church of Eldorado, where he was a | 3 | | longtime member of the choir; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Albert Bledig was devoted to his profession | 5 | | and his patients, but his greatest joy was spending time with | 6 | | his family; he enjoyed family vacations, trips in their motor | 7 | | home, boating and relaxing at their lake house, and attending | 8 | | his children and grandchildren's functions; he loved baseball | 9 | | and was an avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Albert Bledig was preceded in death by his | 11 | | parents, Fanno and Rose Bledig; and his brother-in-law, Jim | 12 | | Knight; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Albert Bledig is survived by his wife of 60 | 14 | | years, Alice; his children, Sara Griffeth (Bob), Stefan Bledig, | 15 | | and Sallie Ash (Jim); his seven grandchildren; his | 16 | | great-grandchild; his sister, Anna Lee Knight; his | 17 | | brothers-in-law, Franklin Kube (Janet) and John Kube (Diane); | 18 | | and his many nieces and nephews; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In the era of the "specialization" of medical | 20 | | practice, Dr. Albert Bledig was truly special; while he could | 21 | | have gone the route of many others and headed for the culture | 22 | | and high society of the city, Dr. Bledig remained firm in his |
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| 1 | | desire to stay planted where he was rooted; instead of seeking | 2 | | a career elsewhere, he chose to serve the people of Eldorado, | 3 | | and they returned the favor with undying loyalty and | 4 | | admiration; he was even know to accept calls at his home during | 5 | | a crisis, a precious, almost extinct benefit of small-town | 6 | | living and of knowing a physician like Dr. B; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Albert Bledig was a true home-town doctor, | 8 | | trusted and loved, unpretentious, knowledgeable and skillful, | 9 | | without haughtiness, friendly and warm, who shared in his | 10 | | patent's joys and sorrows as they grew older together; once | 11 | | when Dr. B had been ill, a young boy went with his mother to | 12 | | purchase a get well card for their family doctor; she was in | 13 | | the "Get Well" section, but the boy said, "Shouldn't we be in | 14 | | the 'Friend' section?"; that statement captures perfectly the | 15 | | area's genuine feelings for Dr. B; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | mourn the passing of Dr. Albert G. Bledig and extend our | 19 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 20 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Dr. Albert Bledig as an expression | 23 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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