HR1541 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Illinois State Capitol Nurse Nancy Wedeking on her retirement; and

WHEREAS, Nancy received her early education in Sunday School, where she never missed a Sunday for fourteen years; she graduated as an honor student from Beardstown High School in 1963; she was a 1967 graduate of Passavant Area School of Nursing in Jacksonville, where she received the first Dr. Mary Louise Newman Award for the Outstanding Student in Obstetrics; and she was number one in her class at St. John's School of Anesthesiology in 1968; and

WHEREAS, She was employed at Schmitt Hospital in Beardstown, Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, and St. John's Hospital in Springfield before beginning her career as a nurse for the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, She served as the Stratton Building Nurse for twenty-four years, before being named by the Illinois Department of Public Health to move to the Illinois State Capitol in 2001; and

WHEREAS, During her time as a nurse in the State Capitol, she has seen an average of forty patients a day; during the times that the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate are in Session, she may see as many as nine hundred people in a month; and

WHEREAS, Her many duties include: handling all emergencies within the Capitol or outside on the Capitol grounds; having food and drink readily available for patients in need; providing a place of rest for stressed out State employees; removing splinters; listening; caring; and being there in those times when people need a friendly face; and

WHEREAS, Nancy finds time to be there for anyone in need of her special touch; she is very caring, dedicated to her field, and above all, one of the nicest and most sincere people to be found in the State Capitol; and

WHEREAS, When Nancy served as an anesthetist, she was chosen to serve during the first kidney transplant to be performed in Springfield; she was later the recipient of a kidney transplant in 2001; and

WHEREAS, Nancy comes from a medical family; her mother and Nancy both graduated from the same schools, Passavant School of Nursing and St. John's School of Anesthesiology, and both worked at Schmitt Hospital and Memorial Medical Center; and her brother, Dr. Fred Lee, resides in Michigan; and

WHEREAS, Nancy has been blessed with many good friends throughout her life, but none more so than her sister, Peggy White; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Nancy Wedeking on her retirement, we thank her for her dedication to the men and women of the Illinois State Capitol, and we wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Nurse Nancy Wedeking on her retirement as a small symbol of respect from her many friends and patients in the Illinois State Capitol.