Full Text of SR0373 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Dr.
Edwin Joseph Carey, who passed away | 4 | | on October 9, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey was born and raised in Joliet; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey served his country with pride and | 7 | | distinction as a member of the United States Army in the | 8 | | Pacific Theater during World War II; in 1949, he graduated from | 9 | | Northwestern University with a degree in chemical engineering; | 10 | | he began working for Johns Manville Steel Company that same | 11 | | year; during his stint at the steel company, he decided to | 12 | | enter medicine, following in the footsteps of his father and | 13 | | grandfather, who were both physicians; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey graduated from the University of | 15 | | Illinois Medical School in Chicago in 1959; he completed his | 16 | | internship at Cook County Hospital in 1961; after starting his | 17 | | practice in general medicine in Sandwich, Dr. Carey began | 18 | | training to become a general surgeon and served a residency at | 19 | | Cook County Hospital from 1965 to 1970; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey was a co-founder of the Fountain | 21 | | Medical Group in Sandwich; during his career, he trained |
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| 1 | | emergency medical technicians in 15 surrounding rural | 2 | | communities, created a burn treatment center, and helped | 3 | | establish an intensive care unit at the hospital, which is now | 4 | | called Valley West Community Hospital; he served the Sandwich | 5 | | community faithfully until he closed his practice in July of | 6 | | 2006; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey served as a clinical assistant | 8 | | professor in the department of surgery at Loyola University | 9 | | Stritch School of Medicine from 1971 to 1994; in 1975, he was | 10 | | appointed to serve as the institutional physician and medical | 11 | | director of the Sheridan Correctional Center in Sheridan, a | 12 | | position he held for 26 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In October of 2006, Dr.
Edwin Carey was recognized | 14 | | by Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Rural Health | 15 | | Association as an Illinois' Rural Physician of Excellence in | 16 | | honor of his work in providing medical care for rural citizens | 17 | | and health care infrastructure in rural communities; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey was preceded in death by his first | 19 | | wife, Joan; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr.
Edwin Carey is survived by his wife, Betty | 21 | | Erickson; his sons, Edwin Jr., Andy, John, and Scott; his | 22 | | daughters, Susan Otterstrom, Candy, Carolyn Knoebel, and Jane |
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| 1 | | Nasharr; his sister, Cheryl; his 16 grandchildren; his | 2 | | great-grandson; his stepdaughters, Krista Tetter and Karsta | 3 | | Erickson; and his step-granddaughter; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | his family and friends, the passing of Dr.
Edwin Joseph Carey; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Dr.
Edwin Carey as an expression of | 10 | | our sympathy.
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