Full Text of SR0667 101st 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. James W. "Jim" Thatcher of Moline, | 4 | | who passed away on August 31, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Thatcher was born in Marshalltown, Iowa to | 6 | | Thomas Warren and Hazel Florence (Martin) Thatcher on August | 7 | | 29, 1935; his family moved to a small farm near Cedar, Iowa, | 8 | | where he attended high school; he graduated from Iowa Wesleyan | 9 | | College in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology; he | 10 | | served two years in the U.S. Army, spending 13 months in Korea; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Upon his discharge from the military, Dr. Thatcher | 13 | | became alumni director at Elmhurst College; he married Marilyn | 14 | | Joyce Schweitzer in Hedrick, Iowa on May 6, 1961; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Thatcher graduated from the College of | 16 | | Dentistry at the University of Iowa in 1965 with a Doctor of | 17 | | Dental Surgery; he was accepted into an oral surgery residency | 18 | | at the University of Iowa in 1965; after completion of the | 19 | | master's program in oral surgery, he was on the University of | 20 | | Iowa teaching staff for five years; he joined the River Valley | 21 | | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery practice in Moline in 1974 and | 22 | | retired in 1998; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Thatcher was active in many dental | 2 | | organizations, including serving as the president of the Rock | 3 | | Island District Dental Society and president of the Illinois | 4 | | Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; he volunteered | 5 | | as a board examiner for the American Board of Oral and | 6 | | Maxillofacial Surgery for six years; he also participated on | 7 | | several committees of the American Association of Oral and | 8 | | Maxillofacial Surgery and was named National Committee Man of | 9 | | the Year in 1998; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Thatcher was an avid fisherman and enjoyed | 11 | | annual trips to Canada with his friends and family; he was an | 12 | | avid golfer, known for his hole-in-three, and held long-term | 13 | | memberships with the Short Hills Country Club in East Moline, | 14 | | where he served as president in 1985, and the Stoneybrook | 15 | | Country Club in Sarasota, Florida; he was also a long-standing | 16 | | member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Moline; he was a member of | 17 | | the Moline Rotary Club, serving as president in 1991; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Thatcher was preceded in death by his wife of | 19 | | 52 years, Marilyn, and his parents; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Thatcher is survived by his children, Dr. | 21 | | Lonnette (Dr. Tom) Breneman, John Thatcher, and Dr. Craig (Dr. | 22 | | Leanne) Thatcher; his grandchildren, Matthew, Marshall, |
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| 1 | | Joseph, Madison, and Braden; his nephew, Dr. Bart (Kate) | 2 | | Bycroft; his niece, Melanie (Rick) Hopke; and his | 3 | | great-nephews, Dr. Jonathan (Holly) and Alex Bycroft; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Dr. James W. "Jim" Thatcher and extend our sincere condolences | 8 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 9 | | it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Dr. Thatcher as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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