Full Text of SR0743 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. Grover L. Seitzinger of Chrisman, who | 4 | | passed away on September 27, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was born in Crawford County to | 6 | | Leonard Eli and Bertha Edith Clark Seitzinger on August 9, | 7 | | 1925; he attended a rural elementary school and graduated from | 8 | | Flat Rock High School in 1943; he spent three years in the U.S. | 9 | | Navy Medical Corps, mostly in the Pacific; he was honorably | 10 | | discharged and entered the University of Illinois | 11 | | Urbana-Champaign in premedical studies in 1946; he completed | 12 | | his medical studies at the University of Illinois College of | 13 | | Medicine in Chicago in 1952; he married June Rose Jackson in | 14 | | 1953; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger completed an internship at Cook | 16 | | County Hospital and his residency in pathology at Augustana | 17 | | Hospital in Chicago; he became board certified in pathology | 18 | | and, in 1957, joined the medical staff of Lakeview Hospital as | 19 | | a pathologist and director of medical laboratories; he retired | 20 | | in 1988; he was on the medical staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital | 21 | | and was a consulting pathologist at Paris Community Hospital, | 22 | | Paxton Community Hospital, Hoopeston Community Hospital, and | 23 | | the Veterans Affairs hospital in Danville; he served on several |
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| 1 | | committees and was a consultant to the Illinois Department of | 2 | | Public Health; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Education was very important to Dr. Seitzinger, | 4 | | not only for himself but for others; he served as director of | 5 | | the Lakeview School of Medical Technology and arranged | 6 | | affiliations with surrounding four-year colleges in Illinois | 7 | | and Indiana to convert the school from a three-year diploma | 8 | | program to a four-year degree program; he served on the | 9 | | advisory committee for the Premedical Studies Division at | 10 | | Eastern Illinois University and was on the original executive | 11 | | committee that established the University of Illinois College | 12 | | of Medicine at Urbana; he continued as a volunteer faculty | 13 | | member for over 25 years, retiring as a clinical associate | 14 | | professor in pathology in 1992; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was a member of various | 16 | | organizations throughout this life, including the Vermilion | 17 | | County Medical Society (President), the Illinois State Medical | 18 | | Society, the American Medical Association, the American | 19 | | Association of Blood Banks, the College of American | 20 | | Pathologists (Fellow), the American Society of Clinical | 21 | | Pathologists (Fellow), the Illinois Society of Pathologists | 22 | | (President), the Illinois Association of Blood Banks, the | 23 | | Aesculapian Society of Wabash Valley, the Lakeview Medical | 24 | | Center Board, the Provena United Samaritan Medical Center Board |
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| 1 | | and Foundation, the University of Illinois Foundation, the | 2 | | Danville Area Community College Foundation, the Danville | 3 | | Symphony Orchestra Board, the Danville Elks Blood Bank (Medical | 4 | | Director), the Danville Golden K Kiwanis, the Danville Country | 5 | | Club, the Danville Boat Club, the American Cancer Society | 6 | | Board, the American Heart Association Board, the University of | 7 | | Illinois Spurlock Museum Board, the Danville Chapter of the | 8 | | University of Illinois Alumni Association (Life Member), the | 9 | | Illinois Alumni Club (President), and the Danville Chamber of | 10 | | Commerce; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger received the Kiwanian of the Year | 12 | | Award and the Hixon Fellowship from the Kiwanis; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was preceded in death by his | 14 | | parents; his brothers, Clark, Dwight, Vaughn, C.W., and Vance | 15 | | Seitzinger; and his sister, Nedra Seitzinger Johnson; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger is survived by his wife, June; his | 17 | | daughters, Brenda Gray and Karen (Todd) Baxter; his grandsons, | 18 | | Jared (Amber) Gray, Kyle (Juliet) Gray, Stephen Baxter, and | 19 | | Daniel Baxter; his great-grandchildren, Piper, Jackson, and | 20 | | Atlas Gray; his sister, Mary Joan O'Brian; and many nieces and | 21 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Dr. Grover L. Seitzinger and extend our sincere condolences to | 3 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Dr. Seitzinger as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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