Full Text of SR0397 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 Leo Richard Green M.D. of Godfrey, who | 4 | | passed away on March 31, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green was born to Ephraim and Elizabeth Green | 6 | | (Stolze) on May 29, 1928; he graduated from Alton High School | 7 | | in 1946, where he was the class president and the University of | 8 | | Illinois in 1949; he married Eulalia "Laila" on June 30, 1951 | 9 | | and graduated from the University of Illinois College of | 10 | | Medicine in 1953; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, After completing medical school, Dr. Green served | 12 | | in the United States Navy following the Korean War from 1953 to | 13 | | 1956 as a ship's doctor on the USNS General H.B. Freeman; he | 14 | | was stationed in Oakland, California and Seattle, Washington; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green began a successful family medical | 17 | | practice in 1956 and retired in 1995; he loved serving his | 18 | | patients and families and all those he worked with at St. | 19 | | Joseph's, St. Anthony's, and Alton Memorial Hospitals; he | 20 | | continued working for Alton Memorial Hospital in an | 21 | | administrative role as Vice-President of Medical Affairs until | 22 | | his retirement in 2004; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 | | his brothers, Charles and Ephraim J.; and his sister, Helen | 3 | | Green Smith; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Green is survived by his wife of 65 years, | 5 | | Eulalia; his children, Christopher Green M.D., Cathleen | 6 | | (Steven) Lux, Lisa (Robert) Schlemmer, Mary (David) Deming, | 7 | | Richard (Khin) Green, and Jennifer (Karl) Ritter; Jacqueline | 8 | | Green; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Leo Richard Green M.D., and extend our sincere condolences to | 13 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Dr. Green as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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