Full Text of SR2369 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Dr. Frank James Kerous IV, who passed | 4 | | away on July 29, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frank Kerous IV was born on March 26, 1940; | 6 | | his parents were Frank and Lucille Kerous; he married Sandra | 7 | | Erland on March 16, 1968; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frank Kerous IV attended Morton High School, | 9 | | where he excelled at academics, swimming, and was the editor in | 10 | | chief of the 1957 Mortonian yearbook; after graduating in 1957, | 11 | | he attended Knox College in Galesburg, with the intention of | 12 | | pursuing the field of dentistry; while at Knox, he swam with | 13 | | the Knox swimming team and wore his Knox letter jacket proudly | 14 | | until his last days; he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon | 15 | | Fraternity and was made an Honor Delta TKE in 1978; he was | 16 | | elected to be a trustee of Knox College in 1974 and made a life | 17 | | trustee in 2009; he was also president of the Knox Alumni | 18 | | Association from 1974 to 1976 and chaired three capital fund | 19 | | drives for his alma mater; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Knox College, Dr. Frank | 21 | | Kerous IV attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where | 22 | | he obtained a doctoral degree in dental surgery, followed by |
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| 1 | | two years of specialty training in periodontics; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frank Kerous IV was one of the first | 3 | | periodontists in the Chicago suburbs; he maintained offices in | 4 | | Arlington Heights and Oak Brook for many years; while | 5 | | maintaining his private practice, he also began teaching at the | 6 | | University of Illinois at Chicago in 1964, spending 38 years in | 7 | | the Department of Periodontics and eventually becoming a | 8 | | tenured faculty member; following his retirement, he served as | 9 | | the Clinical Director of Periodontics and spent most of his | 10 | | time preparing senior students for board examination; he and | 11 | | his wife also opened and operated McDonald's franchises in the | 12 | | Glenview area in the late 1970s; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frank Kerous IV and his wife were early | 14 | | members of Christ Church of Oak Brook, where he was secretary | 15 | | of the board of elders for many years; he was pleased to have | 16 | | been the principal architect of the Christ Church endowment | 17 | | fund in 1980; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frank Kerous IV is survived by his wife, | 19 | | Sandra; his children, Karen (Richard) Kooy, Kathryn (David) | 20 | | Voss, and Frank (Emily) Kerous V; and his grandchildren, Luke, | 21 | | Julia, Joshua, Matthew, Elliana, Carrigan, and Annabel; | 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 3 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dr. Frank James Kerous | 4 | | IV; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Dr. Frank Kerous IV as an expression | 7 | | of our sympathy.
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