Full Text of SR0326 100th 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 Ernst Chester Bone, M.D. of Jacksonville, | 4 | | who passed away on March 15, 2017 at the age of 102; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone was born on a farm near Prairie City to | 6 | | Gratia Hope (Hyde) and Chester David Bone on March 3, 1915; he | 7 | | received his primary and secondary education in the Prairie | 8 | | City School System and graduated from Illinois College in 1936 | 9 | | with a Bachelor of Arts; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone taught chemistry and physics at | 11 | | Petersburg Harris High School for two years and then returned | 12 | | to Jacksonville as Director of Admissions at Illinois College; | 13 | | during that time, he earned his Master of Arts in Education | 14 | | from the University of Illinois; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1942, Dr. Bone enrolled in medical school; he | 16 | | earned his Bachelor of Science in Medicine in 1944 and his | 17 | | master's degree in 1946 from the University of Illinois School | 18 | | of Medicine while serving as a volunteer in the United States | 19 | | Navy V12 Program during World War II; he later served as a | 20 | | Naval physician during the Korean War while stationed in | 21 | | Bermuda; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone completed post-graduate training at the | 2 | | Illinois Research and Education Hospital, connected with the | 3 | | University of Illinois; he returned to Jacksonville and | 4 | | established his practice of clinical medicine and surgery on | 5 | | West State Street; in 1955, he co-founded the Bone-Scott Clinic | 6 | | on West State Street where no one was ever turned away and many | 7 | | appreciated receiving house calls; he also served for many | 8 | | years as Medical Director of Barton-Stone Nursing Home; in his | 9 | | spare time, he delivered over 4,500 babies; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone retired from clinical practice in 1989 | 11 | | but went on to serve over 25 years as a medical consultant for | 12 | | the State of Illinois Bureau of Disability Determination | 13 | | Services; he worked part-time until the age of 100; in | 14 | | addition, he served as medical consultant for the Illinois | 15 | | Department of Public Aid and as Associate Clinical Professor | 16 | | for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone was among a group of family physicians | 18 | | who founded the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP); he | 19 | | served as an officer for the ABFP's national board and | 20 | | represented family medicine on the American Board of Medical | 21 | | Specialties; multiple times he was President of the | 22 | | Morgan-Scott Medical Society, and was a member of the Illinois | 23 | | Medical Society, and the Illinois and American Academy of | 24 | | Physicians; he served as President of the Illinois State |
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| 1 | | Academy of Family Practice and the American Academy of Family | 2 | | Practice; "Good Housekeeping" named him one of the nation's top | 3 | | 10 physicians; he received the Illinois State Family | 4 | | Practitioner of the Year Award and was recognized in the | 5 | | National Top Five Family Practitioners of the Year in 1980; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone was passionate about education; he served | 7 | | for nine years on the Jacksonville School District 117 Board of | 8 | | Directors and for over 25 years on the MacMurray College Board | 9 | | of Trustees; he served as President of the Illinois College | 10 | | Alumni Association and for 10 years as alumni representative on | 11 | | the Illinois College Board of Trustees; he was awarded an | 12 | | honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Illinois College in 1989 and | 13 | | an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from MacMurray | 14 | | College in 1990; as team physician, he was elected to the | 15 | | Illinois College and MacMurray College athletic Halls of Fame; | 16 | | and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone had a lifelong interest in farming and | 18 | | was a lifetime member of the American Angus Association; as a | 19 | | young man, he was involved in 4H and in 1968 he was named | 20 | | Illinois State 4H Alumnus of the Year; he received the Paul | 21 | | Harris Fellow Award from Rotary Club and was also named | 22 | | Jacksonville's Citizen of the Year and was inducted into the | 23 | | City of Jacksonville Hall of Fame; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone served multiple terms as an elder of | 2 | | State Street Presbyterian and First Presbyterian Churches in | 3 | | Jacksonville, and was a member of The Literary Union men's | 4 | | literary society; he enjoyed the theater and performed for | 5 | | decades in the Passavant Hospital Follies, and several Ken | 6 | | Bradbury productions, including "The Shadow of Giants"; he | 7 | | served as President of the Salvation Army Board of Directors | 8 | | and was Co-Chair of the Prairieland United Way campaign; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone was preceded in death by his parents; his | 10 | | sister, Mary Elizabeth Bone; his brothers, Maurice and James; | 11 | | his first wife, Eileen Kitts Bone; his close first cousin | 12 | | Gratia Hall Coultas; and his uncle, the Rev. John Hyde, a | 13 | | highly-regarded missionary known as Praying Hyde of India; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Bone is survived by his wife, Louise K. Bone; | 15 | | his sons, Judge J. David (Patricia) Bone, Stephen Kitts | 16 | | (Patricia) Bone, and Timothy Robert Bone; his step-daughters, | 17 | | Jenny (Scott) Norris Peterson, and Kathryn (Christopher) | 18 | | Norris Kirt; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Ernst Chester Bone, M.D., and extend our sincere condolences to | 23 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Dr. Bone as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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