Bill Text: IL SR2021 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Clement P. Cunningham M.D. of Rock Island.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR2021 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2021-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 Clement P. Cunningham M.D. of Rock | ||||||
| 4 | Island, who passed away on September 2, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham was born in Rock Island to John J. | ||||||
| 6 | and Mary Ann Boyle Cunningham on April 13, 1922; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa in 1942 and served | ||||||
| 8 | with the U.S. Army during World War II; he graduated from the | ||||||
| 9 | Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1945 | ||||||
| 10 | and completed his internship at Cook County Hospital from 1945 | ||||||
| 11 | to 1946; he married Florence McDonald at the St. Catherine of | ||||||
| 12 | Siena Catholic Church in Oak Park on July 12, 1947; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham served on the medical staff at St. | ||||||
| 14 | Anthony's Hospital in Rock Island, serving as president in | ||||||
| 15 | 1959; he continued on the medical staff at Franciscan Hospital, | ||||||
| 16 | currently UPH�Trinity Rock Island, serving nine years on the | ||||||
| 17 | board of trustees as well as nine years as a member and officer | ||||||
| 18 | of the board of trustees at the Robert Young Mental Health | ||||||
| 19 | Center; he was also a member and past president of the Rock | ||||||
| 20 | Island County Medical Society and a physician member of the | ||||||
| 21 | Rock Island County Public Health Clinic, treating the indigent | ||||||
| 22 | of the county; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham was a charter member of the St. | ||||||
| 2 | Pius X Catholic Church, where he served as Eucharistic | ||||||
| 3 | minister; he was also a member of the St. Vincent De Paul | ||||||
| 4 | Society, the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rock Island, the | ||||||
| 5 | Allouez Council 658 Knights of Columbus, the Edward J. Bader | ||||||
| 6 | Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, and the Moline | ||||||
| 7 | American Legion Post 246; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham received papal honors from His | ||||||
| 9 | Holiness John Paul II and was installed as a Knight of the | ||||||
| 10 | Order of St. Gregory; he also received the Thomas More Award | ||||||
| 11 | from the National Council of Catholic Men; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 13 | Florence; his parents; and his siblings, Judge John Cunningham, | ||||||
| 14 | Dr. Glen D. Cunningham, Madge Bernbrook, Cecelia Cunningham, | ||||||
| 15 | and Rev. Monsignor Ambrose Cunningham; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cunningham is survived by his children, | ||||||
| 17 | Patrick (Jane) Cunningham M.D., Gregory (Janaan) Cunningham, | ||||||
| 18 | Kathleen Yeager, and James Cunningham; his grandchildren, | ||||||
| 19 | Brian (Julie), Casey, and Paul Cunningham and Daniel, Charlene, | ||||||
| 20 | and Cory Yeager; and his great-grandchildren, Evelyn and Alex | ||||||
| 21 | Cunningham; therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | Clement P. Cunningham M.D., and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 3 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 4 | it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Dr. Cunningham as an expression of | ||||||
| 7 | our deepest sympathy.
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