HR0587 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Dr. Warren Tuttle of Harrisburg on Friday, July 22, 2005; and

WHEREAS, He was born on May 22, 1919, in Harrisburg to O.P. Tuttle and Loudene Nyberg Tuttle; he married Jane Lasersohn Seright Tuttle in April of 1983; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle graduated from Harrisburg Township High School in 1937 and attended the University of Illinois pre-med program; he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1942 and completed his medical and surgical internship at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle served his country during World War II, achieving the rank of Captain, U.S. Medical Corps, Surgical Services at Bushnell General Hospital, a 2,000 bed facility in Brigham City, Utah; after the war, Dr. Tuttle returned to his hometown of Harrisburg and faithfully served in the private practice of medicine and surgery from 1945 to 2005, a 60-year career; during that time, Dr. Tuttle and his partner, Dr. S.H. Frazer, owned Lightner Hospital in Harrisburg from 1953 to 1956; and

WHEREAS, During the time that he was co-owner of Lightner Hospital, the residents of the community experienced a great improvement in the quality of care both in the area of medicine and surgery; Dr. Tuttle was a major stockholder and executive director of Doctors Hospital in Harrisburg from 1965 to 1975; Doctors Hospital was reorganized in 1975 as a not-for-profit corporation, and he continued to serve as executive director until 1984; he remained on the Board of Directors of Harrisburg Medical center from its inception until his recent passing, an institution he dearly loved and dedicated and devoted his life to; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle had served as medical director of quality assurance since 1990 and Harrisburg Medical Center was recently awarded national praise for quality assurance under his direction; he served his local, State, and national communities by giving of himself and his expertise as a member of the Saline, Pope, and Hardin County Medical Society (past president); he was a member of the Southern Illinois Medical Society (member of the board of directors), the Illinois State Medical Society (member of the board of trustees), and the AMA; he was also a member of the Fellow American College of Gastroenterology and the Fellow American Academy of General Practice; he was a past member of the American Society of Abdominal Surgeons, a past member of the International College of Surgeons, and member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture; and

WHEREAS, He served as member of the Harrisburg High School Board for 13 years, as a member of the board of trustees of Southeastern Illinois College for six years, and was first vice-president of Saline Valley First Federal Savings and Loan in Harrisburg; he received the Citizen of the Year Award from the Harrisburg Lions Club in 1970, and the University of Illinois Alumnus of the Year Award for services in medical organization in 1974; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle was a member of the Methodist Church and served on numerous committees; he was also a member of the T.B. Advisory Illinois Department of Public Health in 1971, a member of the Illinois State Medical Society Board of Trustees for 14 years, and the chairman of the Board of Trustees for the ISMS from 1979 to 1982; he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois Lung Association in 1983; he was chairman of the Saline County Tuberculosis Sanitary Board for 39 years, past vice president of the Illinois Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, a past member of the AMA Council of Scientific Assembly, a past member of the Illinois State Medical Examining Board for eight years, chairman of the Board of Illinois State Medical Insurances Inc. from 1984 to 1986, and a member of the Elks Club, the American Legion, and Voiture 794; and

WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Warren Tuttle has been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Jane; his children, Mrs. Susie Tuttle Vogler and husband Frank and Mrs. Kim Tuttle DiChiaro and husband Jerry; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Pam Seright Pearson and husband Joe; his grandchildren, Gerard DiChiaro and Francesca DiChiaro; his brother, Burdette (Bert); his nieces and nephews, Warren and Pat Tuttle and Jack and Beth Tuttle and her daughter, Julia Mae; and his cousin, Anna Gregory; he was preceded in death by his son, Warren D. Tuttle (Buddy), and his brother, Dr. John Tuttle; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Dr. Warren Tuttle, and we extend our sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to his family as an expression of our deepest sympathy and in remembrance of the life that he devoted to the medical care of his fellow citizens.