Full Text of SR0138 96th General Assembly
SR0138 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Fred Fishman, who passed away on February | 4 |
| 27, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Fishman grew up in Chicago and Skokie, where | 6 |
| he was a grade school yo-yo champion and played league baseball | 7 |
| in grade school through college; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Fishman attended medical school at the | 9 |
| University of New South Wales in Australia and came home to | 10 |
| Chicago to train in emergency medicine at Illinois Masonic | 11 |
| Hospital, where he met the love of his life, Maryanne; they | 12 |
| married in 1977 and moved to River Forest in 1979, where they | 13 |
| started their family; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Fishman was a best friend to his daughters, | 15 |
| Lauren and Bryce, and would comment that the three of them all | 16 |
| grew up together; he loved and was proud of his son-in-law, | 17 |
| Brian; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Fishman was known as the "Rock Doc", because | 19 |
| he was often called on to treat rock stars performing in | 20 |
| Chicago; for the past 15 years, he had a special connection | 21 |
| with his dog, Pads, and believed that she had evolved further |
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| than the average dog; he had the ability find the fun in | 2 |
| anything, which made people gravitate to him; he was widely | 3 |
| known for singing "Mustang Sally", his signature song, at any | 4 |
| social event, and his friends would wait for the opportunity to | 5 |
| sing or dance back up; and
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| WHEREAS, Fred Fishman was a lifelong Cubs fan; he had the | 7 |
| honor of throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley Field in 2006; | 8 |
| he also loved to play golf, for the sport and the company, and | 9 |
| played regardless of the weather; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Fred Fishman was the adored husband of Maryanne | 11 |
| Fishman; the doting father of Lauren Sofia (Brian) Behan and | 12 |
| Bryce Anne Fishman; the cherished brother to Patti (Steven) | 13 |
| Helfand and Esther Fishman; the dear son of the late Louise and | 14 |
| Nathan Fishman; and the fond uncle and friend to everyone he | 15 |
| met; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Fred Fishman; and be it | 19 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Fred Fishman as an expression of our | 22 |
| sympathy.
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