Bill Text: IL SR1138 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the Dr. Robert J. Schafer of Petersburg.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR1138 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1138-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Dr. Robert J. Schafer of Petersburg, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on May 12, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to | ||||||
| 6 | Walter E. and Matilda (Schmidt) Schafer on June 20, 1929; he | ||||||
| 7 | completed undergraduate and medical school at Saint Louis | ||||||
| 8 | University and married Harriet Moore on June 11, 1955; he | ||||||
| 9 | received his medical license in 1956; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer served with the U.S. Navy in Hastings, | ||||||
| 11 | Nebraska until he and his wife moved to Petersburg in 1959; | ||||||
| 12 | opening a medical practice at the Menard Medical Center, he | ||||||
| 13 | served as a family medical physician until his retirement in | ||||||
| 14 | 1997; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer also spent 24 years with the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Department of Professional Regulation (Department of Financial | ||||||
| 17 | and Professional Regulations) as the medical coordinator for | ||||||
| 18 | downstate Illinois; he also served as the chairman of the | ||||||
| 19 | Medical Records Department for Memorial Medical Center in | ||||||
| 20 | Springfield for almost 25 years; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer retired in 2015, and Governor Bruce | ||||||
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| 1 | Rauner recognized him with an Illinois State Medical | ||||||
| 2 | Disciplinary Board Resolution; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer was inducted into the Petersburg PORTA | ||||||
| 4 | Foundation Hall of Fame in March 2018 for his community service | ||||||
| 5 | and volunteerism; he was a past president of the PORTA School | ||||||
| 6 | Board, supported the PTA, and was a member of the Foundation | ||||||
| 7 | Board; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer was affectionately known to family and | ||||||
| 9 | friends as "Doc", "Bob", or "Pop" and had a high energy for | ||||||
| 10 | life and living; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer was preceded in death by his wife of | ||||||
| 12 | 48 years, Harriet; his daughter, Mary Thurnau; his parents; and | ||||||
| 13 | his sister, Helen Gantzer Stenger; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Schafer is survived by his children, Mark (Jo) | ||||||
| 15 | Schafer, Mike Schafer, Bo (Carol) Schafer, Gina (Chuck) | ||||||
| 16 | Woodrum, Ann (Kip) Strasma, and Tim (Paige) Schafer; his | ||||||
| 17 | grandchildren, Jessica (Craig) Burnside, Logan (Kristy) | ||||||
| 18 | Schafer, Caryln (Clayton) Craig, April (Chris) Cox, Jolori | ||||||
| 19 | (Evan) Thurman, Nick (Erin) Schafer, Lauren (Brent) Kulavic, | ||||||
| 20 | Claire Schafer, Lindsay (Mitch) Wissmiller, Christy Woodrum, | ||||||
| 21 | Madalynn Woodrum, and Taylor and Ashley Schafer; 16 | ||||||
| 22 | great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and extended | ||||||
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| 1 | family; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 4 | Dr. Robert J. Schafer and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 5 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to the family of Dr. Schafer as an expression of our | ||||||
| 9 | deepest sympathy.
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