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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Sister Mary Ludgera
4 Pieperbeck, O.S.F., R.N., Ph.D. on August 2, 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Sister Ludgera was born April 24, 1927 in Bochum,
6 Germany, the third of 11 children; she entered religious life
7 in 1948 with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis; she
8 immigrated to the United States in 1951; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Sister Ludgera received a diploma in nursing from
10 St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Peoria in 1956; in
11 1963, she went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in
12 Nursing from St. Mary's College in Leavenworth, Kansas; her
13 Master of Science degree in Nursing was awarded in 1969 from
14 Loyola University in Chicago; in 1982, she was conferred with a
15 Master of Arts degree in educational administration from
16 Bradley University in Peoria; and in 1990, she received her
17 Doctor of Philosophy degree in higher education from Loyola
18 University in Chicago; and
 
19     WHEREAS, She began as an obstetrics staff nurse at OSF
20 Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria in 1956; she served as
21 an operating room (OR) staff nurse at Saint Phillip's Hospital
22 in Rock Hill, South Carolina; as an OR supervisor and clinical
23 instructor at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford; as
24 hospital supervisor at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Keokuk, Iowa;
25 as a faculty member of Saint Anthony Medical Center School of
26 Nursing in Rockford; as medical-surgical nursing coordinator
27 and chair of senior level at Saint Anthony School of Nursing in
28 Rockford; as Director and CEO of Saint Francis Medical Center
29 School of Nursing; and as Dean and CEO of Saint Francis Medical
30 Center College of Nursing; and
 
31     WHEREAS, In addition to serving as Dean of the College of

 

 

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1 Nursing, Sister Ludgera was also on the boards of OSF
2 Healthcare System and OSF HealthPlans at the time of her death;
3 she had served on a variety of boards and committees in Peoria,
4 most relating to healthcare, education, and her religious
5 community; she received the Pere Marquette Medal from the
6 Diocese of Peoria in 2002, was selected as a Business and
7 Industry Leader by the Peoria YWCA in 1995, and was inducted
8 into the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Heritage Hall of Fame
9 in 2003; in 1981 she was inducted into the Pi Lambda Theta
10 National Honor and Professional Association in Education, and
11 in 1982 she was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor
12 Society; and
 
13     WHEREAS, A leader in nursing education in Illinois, in 1982
14 she led the process toward obtaining State of Illinois
15 accreditation, allowing the School of Nursing to offer the
16 bachelor's degree in nursing and become, in 1985, the Saint
17 Francis Medical Center College of Nursing; in 1998, she began
18 the process that led to the Saint Francis Medical Center
19 College of Nursing offering the master's in nursing degree; the
20 first master's degree students graduated in May 2004;
21 therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
24 Sister Mary Ludgera Pieperbeck, a leader in the nursing field
25 in the State of Illinois, and we extend our deepest sympathy to
26 her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
27 further
 
28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to the family of Sister Mary Ludgera Pieperbeck, to
30 The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, and to the Saint
31 Francis Medical Center College of Nursing as an expression of
32 our sincerest condolences and in recognition of her many
33 contributions to nursing education.