Full Text of SR2177 99th 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 Dr. Frank James Kerous IV, who passed | 4 | | away on July 29, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous was born to Frank and Lucille | 6 | | (Christopher) Kerous on March 26, 1940; he graduated from | 7 | | Morton High School in 1957, where he excelled at academics and | 8 | | swimming and was the editor in chief of the 1957 Mortonian | 9 | | yearbook; he attended Knox College in Galesburg, where he | 10 | | continued to swim with the swimming team; he was also a member | 11 | | of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; he married Sandra Erland | 12 | | on March 16, 1968; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous attended the University of Illinois at | 14 | | Chicago, where he obtained a doctoral degree in dental surgery, | 15 | | followed by two years of specialty training in periodontics; he | 16 | | was one of the first periodontists in the Chicago suburbs, | 17 | | maintaining offices in Arlington Heights and Oak Brook for many | 18 | | years; he began teaching at the University of Illinois at | 19 | | Chicago in 1964, where he spent 38 years in the Department of | 20 | | Periodontics, eventually becoming a tenured faculty member; | 21 | | after retirement, he was the Clinical Director of Periodontics | 22 | | and spent most of his time preparing senior students for board | 23 | | examination; he and his wife opened and operated McDonald's |
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| 1 | | franchises in the Glenview area in the late 1970s; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous and his wife were early members of | 3 | | Christ Church of Oak Brook; he was secretary of the board of | 4 | | elders for many years and the principal architect of the Christ | 5 | | Church endowment fund in 1980; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous was elected a trustee of Knox College | 7 | | in 1974, and made a life trustee in 2009; he was President of | 8 | | the Knox alumni association from 1974 to 1976, and chaired | 9 | | three capital fund drives; he was made an Honor Delta TKE in | 10 | | 1978; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kerous is survived by his wife, Sandra; his | 12 | | children, Karen (Richard) Kooy, Kathryn (David) Voss, and Frank | 13 | | (Emily) Kerous V; and his grandchildren, Luke, Julia, Joshua, | 14 | | Matthew, Elliana, Carrigan, and Annabel; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Dr. Frank James Kerous IV, and extend our sincere condolences | 18 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 19 | | it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Dr. Kerous as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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