Full Text of SR1290 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Steven Bela Szigethy, M.D. of Oblong, | 4 | | who passed away on January 5, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Szigethy was born in Repcelak, Komitat Vas, | 6 | | Hungary on September 15, 1932; after completing four years of | 7 | | elementary school in Repcelak in 1942, he was accepted to the | 8 | | Faludi Ferenc Gymnasium, a preparatory school, in Szombathely, | 9 | | where he graduated in 1951; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, For family and political reasons, Dr. Szigethy | 11 | | could not participate in university studies and therefore took | 12 | | a position as a lathe operator trainee at the Wilhelm Pieck | 13 | | Rail Car and Engineering Factory in Gyor, Hungary; after nine | 14 | | months of apprenticeship, he took the craftsman test on August | 15 | | 1, 1952; after three months of work as a lathe operator, he was | 16 | | made a section leader; in March of 1953, he was conscripted | 17 | | into the Hungarian People's Army and served until April 1955; | 18 | | upon completion of his military service, he returned to the | 19 | | factory in Gyor, where he worked until November of 1956; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Szigethy fled Hungary during the Hungarian | 21 | | Revolution/Uprising of 1956; he arrived in Canada in the | 22 | | Spring of 1957 and, despite only speaking German and |
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| 1 | | Hungarian, was able to find a job working for the Canadian | 2 | | Pacific Railways in Saskatchewan; in his free time, he learned | 3 | | how to speak English by watching Hollywood films and by | 4 | | referring to an Introduction to English textbook; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, After several years, Dr. Szigethy decided it was | 6 | | time to pursue his ultimate goal of becoming a medical doctor; | 7 | | he was accepted to study medicine at the University of Vienna | 8 | | in 1965; he worked hard and graduated with his degree in 1973; | 9 | | shortly after graduation, he moved from Austria to New York | 10 | | City, where he met his wife, Maria Rodriguez; she was also an | 11 | | immigrant, as she was born and raised in Colombia; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Szigethy and his family moved to Blue Island | 13 | | before moving to Oblong in 1979; he operated his own clinics in | 14 | | both Oblong and Newton and also had hospital rights at | 15 | | Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Even after all the difficulties he endured after | 17 | | leaving Hungary, Dr. Szigethy was determined to pursue a | 18 | | medical career in the United States; he was not just an | 19 | | ordinary man but a true public servant; he tirelessly served | 20 | | the communities of Oblong and Newton for nearly four decades | 21 | | as a physician; patients often heard the words "no charge", | 22 | | especially if the patient could not afford services; and if a | 23 | | patient could not afford the ambulance ride to the hospital, |
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| 1 | | he might take them himself at "no charge"; he was a diplomate | 2 | | of the American Board of Family Practice; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Szigethy was a deeply caring and | 4 | | compassionate physician with a smile that warmed the hearts of | 5 | | all who knew him; he enjoyed listening to classical music, | 6 | | reading books, watching movies, woodworking, and traveling; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Dr. Szigethy was | 9 | | survived by his wife, Maria; his children, Xavier, Ilona, | 10 | | Carolyn, and Stephen Alexander and their spouses, Melanie, | 11 | | Alex, Mike, and Kristen; he was also the proud grandfather of | 12 | | Xavier, Sofia, Delfina, John, Oliver, Natalie, Noah, Hannah, | 13 | | and Carly; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Steven Bela Szigethy, M.D. and extend our sincere condolences | 17 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Dr. Szigethy as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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