SR2021 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Clement P. Cunningham M.D. of Rock Island, who passed away on September 2, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham was born in Rock Island to John J. and Mary Ann Boyle Cunningham on April 13, 1922; he graduated from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa in 1942 and served with the U.S. Army during World War II; he graduated from the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1945 and completed his internship at Cook County Hospital from 1945 to 1946; he married Florence McDonald at the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Oak Park on July 12, 1947; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham served on the medical staff at St. Anthony's Hospital in Rock Island, serving as president in 1959; he continued on the medical staff at Franciscan Hospital, currently UPH–Trinity Rock Island, serving nine years on the board of trustees as well as nine years as a member and officer of the board of trustees at the Robert Young Mental Health Center; he was also a member and past president of the Rock Island County Medical Society and a physician member of the Rock Island County Public Health Clinic, treating the indigent of the county; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham was a charter member of the St. Pius X Catholic Church, where he served as Eucharistic minister; he was also a member of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rock Island, the Allouez Council 658 Knights of Columbus, the Edward J. Bader Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, and the Moline American Legion Post 246; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham received papal honors from His Holiness John Paul II and was installed as a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory; he also received the Thomas More Award from the National Council of Catholic Men; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham was preceded in death by his wife, Florence; his parents; and his siblings, Judge John Cunningham, Dr. Glen D. Cunningham, Madge Bernbrook, Cecelia Cunningham, and Rev. Monsignor Ambrose Cunningham; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham is survived by his children, Patrick (Jane) Cunningham M.D., Gregory (Janaan) Cunningham, Kathleen Yeager, and James Cunningham; his grandchildren, Brian (Julie), Casey, and Paul Cunningham and Daniel, Charlene, and Cory Yeager; and his great-grandchildren, Evelyn and Alex Cunningham; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Clement P. Cunningham M.D., and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Dr. Cunningham as an expression of our deepest sympathy.