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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Dr.
4 Warren Tuttle of Harrisburg on Friday, July 22, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born on May 22, 1919, in Harrisburg to O.P.
6 Tuttle and Loudene Nyberg Tuttle; he married Jane Lasersohn
7 Seright Tuttle in April of 1983; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle graduated from Harrisburg Township
9 High School in 1937 and attended the University of Illinois
10 pre-med program; he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the
11 University of Illinois Medical School in 1942 and completed his
12 medical and surgical internship at Presbyterian Hospital in
13 Chicago; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle served his country during World War II,
15 achieving the rank of Captain, U.S. Medical Corps, Surgical
16 Services at Bushnell General Hospital, a 2,000 bed facility in
17 Brigham City, Utah; after the war, Dr. Tuttle returned to his
18 hometown of Harrisburg and faithfully served in the private
19 practice of medicine and surgery from 1945 to 2005, a 60-year
20 career; during that time, Dr. Tuttle and his partner, Dr. S.H.
21 Frazer, owned Lightner Hospital in Harrisburg from 1953 to
22 1956; and
 
23     WHEREAS, During the time that he was co-owner of Lightner
24 Hospital, the residents of the community experienced a great
25 improvement in the quality of care both in the area of medicine
26 and surgery; Dr. Tuttle was a major stockholder and executive
27 director of Doctors Hospital in Harrisburg from 1965 to 1975;
28 Doctors Hospital was reorganized in 1975 as a not-for-profit
29 corporation, and he continued to serve as executive director
30 until 1984; he remained on the Board of Directors of Harrisburg
31 Medical center from its inception until his recent passing, an

 

 

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1 institution he dearly loved and dedicated and devoted his life
2 to; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle had served as medical director of
4 quality assurance since 1990 and Harrisburg Medical Center was
5 recently awarded national praise for quality assurance under
6 his direction; he served his local, State, and national
7 communities by giving of himself and his expertise as a member
8 of the Saline, Pope, and Hardin County Medical Society (past
9 president); he was a member of the Southern Illinois Medical
10 Society (member of the board of directors), the Illinois State
11 Medical Society (member of the board of trustees), and the AMA;
12 he was also a member of the Fellow American College of
13 Gastroenterology and the Fellow American Academy of General
14 Practice; he was a past member of the American Society of
15 Abdominal Surgeons, a past member of the International College
16 of Surgeons, and member of the American Academy of Medical
17 Acupuncture; and
 
18     WHEREAS, He served as member of the Harrisburg High School
19 Board for 13 years, as a member of the board of trustees of
20 Southeastern Illinois College for six years, and was first
21 vice-president of Saline Valley First Federal Savings and Loan
22 in Harrisburg; he received the Citizen of the Year Award from
23 the Harrisburg Lions Club in 1970, and the University of
24 Illinois Alumnus of the Year Award for services in medical
25 organization in 1974; and
 
26     WHEREAS, Dr. Tuttle was a member of the Methodist Church
27 and served on numerous committees; he was also a member of the
28 T.B. Advisory Illinois Department of Public Health in 1971, a
29 member of the Illinois State Medical Society Board of Trustees
30 for 14 years, and the chairman of the Board of Trustees for the
31 ISMS from 1979 to 1982; he received the Distinguished Service
32 Award from the Illinois Lung Association in 1983; he was
33 chairman of the Saline County Tuberculosis Sanitary Board for

 

 

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1 39 years, past vice president of the Illinois Tuberculosis and
2 Respiratory Disease Association, a past member of the AMA
3 Council of Scientific Assembly, a past member of the Illinois
4 State Medical Examining Board for eight years, chairman of the
5 Board of Illinois State Medical Insurances Inc. from 1984 to
6 1986, and a member of the Elks Club, the American Legion, and
7 Voiture 794; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Warren Tuttle has been deeply
9 felt by many, especially his wife, Jane; his children, Mrs.
10 Susie Tuttle Vogler and husband Frank and Mrs. Kim Tuttle
11 DiChiaro and husband Jerry; his stepdaughter, Mrs. Pam Seright
12 Pearson and husband Joe; his grandchildren, Gerard DiChiaro and
13 Francesca DiChiaro; his brother, Burdette (Bert); his nieces
14 and nephews, Warren and Pat Tuttle and Jack and Beth Tuttle and
15 her daughter, Julia Mae; and his cousin, Anna Gregory; he was
16 preceded in death by his son, Warren D. Tuttle (Buddy), and his
17 brother, Dr. John Tuttle; therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20 we mourn the passing of Dr. Warren Tuttle, and we extend our
21 sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew
22 and loved him; and be it further
 
23     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
24 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
25 sympathy and in remembrance of the life that he devoted to the
26 medical care of his fellow citizens.