Full Text of SR0614 96th General Assembly
SR0614 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Dr. John "Rocky" White of Decatur, who | 4 |
| passed away on January 18, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. John White served as chairman of the | 6 |
| Department of Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur and | 7 |
| served on the hospital's board of directors; his career at St. | 8 |
| Mary's began on July 21, 1990 and included the role as | 9 |
| president of the hospital's medical staff from 2006 to 2008; in | 10 |
| addition to his position at St. Mary's, he provided trauma | 11 |
| surgical care to several area hospitals, including Decatur | 12 |
| Memorial, Pana Community Hospital, John Warner Hospital in | 13 |
| Clinton, and the Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana; he | 14 |
| was also the founder of Surgical Specialists of Central | 15 |
| Illinois and established offices for the organization in | 16 |
| Decatur and Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. John White was a member of numerous | 18 |
| professional medical societies and was elected to consecutive | 19 |
| terms as president of the Macon County Medical Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. John White took particular interest in his | 21 |
| role on the WSOY-AM (1340) radio program "Health Styles" with | 22 |
| host Kelly Hazenfield; he never missed a Tuesday evening show |
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| and enjoyed fielding listeners' questions about present and | 2 |
| future medical procedures; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. John White participated in the "Real Men Wear | 4 |
| Pink" campaign to support breast cancer awareness every October | 5 |
| for several years; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. John White was an avid private pilot who | 7 |
| volunteered his airplane and pilot services to Kansas | 8 |
| City-based Angel Flight Central and Air Lifeline Pilots in | 9 |
| Peoria; he was an active member of the Decatur community and | 10 |
| was an avid supporter of Little League baseball; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. John White was preceded in death by his | 12 |
| father, the Honorable John L. White, and his mother, Theresa M. | 13 |
| White, Ph.D.; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. John White is survived by his wife, Leslie | 15 |
| (nee Fenner); his son, John "Jack" White; his sister, Joyce | 16 |
| (Smith); his brother, Joseph (Christine); his brothers-in-law, | 17 |
| Earl (Faith), Ray (Barbara), and Brian; and his many nieces and | 18 |
| nephews; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. John White will be remembered by all who knew | 20 |
| and loved him as a wonderful and dedicated doctor who devoted | 21 |
| great time and energy toward helping others; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Dr. John "Rocky" White; | 4 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Dr. John White as an expression of | 7 |
| our sympathy.
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