Bill Text: IL SR0743 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dr. Grover L. Seitzinger of Chrisman.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0743 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR0743-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Dr. Grover L. Seitzinger of Chrisman, who
passed away on September 27, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was born in Crawford County to
Leonard Eli and Bertha Edith Clark Seitzinger on August 9,
1925; he attended a rural elementary school and graduated from
Flat Rock High School in 1943; he spent three years in the U.S.
Navy Medical Corps, mostly in the Pacific; he was honorably
discharged and entered the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign in premedical studies in 1946; he completed
his medical studies at the University of Illinois College of
Medicine in Chicago in 1952; he married June Rose Jackson in
1953; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger completed an internship at Cook
County Hospital and his residency in pathology at Augustana
Hospital in Chicago; he became board certified in pathology
and, in 1957, joined the medical staff of Lakeview Hospital as
a pathologist and director of medical laboratories; he retired
in 1988; he was on the medical staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital
and was a consulting pathologist at Paris Community Hospital,
Paxton Community Hospital, Hoopeston Community Hospital, and
the Veterans Affairs hospital in Danville; he served on several

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committees and was a consultant to the Illinois Department of
Public Health; and
WHEREAS, Education was very important to Dr. Seitzinger,
not only for himself but for others; he served as director of
the Lakeview School of Medical Technology and arranged
affiliations with surrounding four-year colleges in Illinois
and Indiana to convert the school from a three-year diploma
program to a four-year degree program; he served on the
advisory committee for the Premedical Studies Division at
Eastern Illinois University and was on the original executive
committee that established the University of Illinois College
of Medicine at Urbana; he continued as a volunteer faculty
member for over 25 years, retiring as a clinical associate
professor in pathology in 1992; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was a member of various
organizations throughout this life, including the Vermilion
County Medical Society (President), the Illinois State Medical
Society, the American Medical Association, the American
Association of Blood Banks, the College of American
Pathologists (Fellow), the American Society of Clinical
Pathologists (Fellow), the Illinois Society of Pathologists
(President), the Illinois Association of Blood Banks, the
Aesculapian Society of Wabash Valley, the Lakeview Medical
Center Board, the Provena United Samaritan Medical Center Board

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and Foundation, the University of Illinois Foundation, the
Danville Area Community College Foundation, the Danville
Symphony Orchestra Board, the Danville Elks Blood Bank (Medical
Director), the Danville Golden K Kiwanis, the Danville Country
Club, the Danville Boat Club, the American Cancer Society
Board, the American Heart Association Board, the University of
Illinois Spurlock Museum Board, the Danville Chapter of the
University of Illinois Alumni Association (Life Member), the
Illinois Alumni Club (President), and the Danville Chamber of
Commerce; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger received the Kiwanian of the Year
Award and the Hixon Fellowship from the Kiwanis; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger was preceded in death by his
parents; his brothers, Clark, Dwight, Vaughn, C.W., and Vance
Seitzinger; and his sister, Nedra Seitzinger Johnson; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Seitzinger is survived by his wife, June; his
daughters, Brenda Gray and Karen (Todd) Baxter; his grandsons,
Jared (Amber) Gray, Kyle (Juliet) Gray, Stephen Baxter, and
Daniel Baxter; his great-grandchildren, Piper, Jackson, and
Atlas Gray; his sister, Mary Joan O'Brian; and many nieces and
nephews; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL

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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Dr. Grover L. Seitzinger and extend our sincere 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 the family of Dr. Seitzinger as an expression of
our deepest sympathy.