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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dr. Edwin Joseph Carey, who passed away
4on October 9, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey was born and raised in Joliet; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey served his country with pride and
7distinction as a member of the United States Army in the
8Pacific Theater during World War II; in 1949, he graduated from
9Northwestern University with a degree in chemical engineering;
10he began working for Johns Manville Steel Company that same
11year; during his stint at the steel company, he decided to
12enter medicine, following in the footsteps of his father and
13grandfather, who were both physicians; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey graduated from the University of
15Illinois Medical School in Chicago in 1959; he completed his
16internship at Cook County Hospital in 1961; after starting his
17practice in general medicine in Sandwich, Dr. Carey began
18training to become a general surgeon and served a residency at
19Cook County Hospital from 1965 to 1970; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey was a co-founder of the Fountain
21Medical Group in Sandwich; during his career, he trained

 

 

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1emergency medical technicians in 15 surrounding rural
2communities, created a burn treatment center, and helped
3establish an intensive care unit at the hospital, which is now
4called Valley West Community Hospital; he served the Sandwich
5community faithfully until he closed his practice in July of
62006; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey served as a clinical assistant
8professor in the department of surgery at Loyola University
9Stritch School of Medicine from 1971 to 1994; in 1975, he was
10appointed to serve as the institutional physician and medical
11director of the Sheridan Correctional Center in Sheridan, a
12position he held for 26 years; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In October of 2006, Dr. Edwin Carey was recognized
14by Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois Rural Health
15Association as an Illinois' Rural Physician of Excellence in
16honor of his work in providing medical care for rural citizens
17and health care infrastructure in rural communities; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey was preceded in death by his first
19wife, Joan; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Dr. Edwin Carey is survived by his wife, Betty
21Erickson; his sons, Edwin Jr., Andy, John, and Scott; his
22daughters, Susan Otterstrom, Candy, Carolyn Knoebel, and Jane

 

 

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1Nasharr; his sister, Cheryl; his 16 grandchildren; his
2great-grandson; his stepdaughters, Krista Tetter and Karsta
3Erickson; and his step-granddaughter; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Edwin Joseph Carey;
7and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Dr. Edwin Carey as an expression of
10our sympathy.