Full Text of SR0343 103rd 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 Dr. Marion S. Panepinto of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on May 18, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Panepinto was born in Waco, Texas to Dr. John | 6 | | Joseph and Josephine
Cimo Panepinto on May 20, 1938; he | 7 | | graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1960; | 8 | | he married Dorothy "Bebe" Driscoll on May 26, 1962; he | 9 | | graduated cum laude from the St. Louis University School of | 10 | | Medicine in 1963, where he was a member of the
Alpha Omega | 11 | | Alpha Honor Medical Society; after completing an internship at | 12 | | St. Louis
University Hospitals, he served his country with the | 13 | | U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as a battalion surgeon with | 14 | | the
First Infantry Division and was awarded the Bronze Star, | 15 | | the Combat Medic Badge, and the Vietnam
Service Medal; he | 16 | | received an honorable discharge from the Army and completed | 17 | | his specialty training
at the University of Iowa Hospitals in | 18 | | internal medicine and cardiology; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Panepinto joined Springfield Clinic in the | 20 | | early days of development of cardiology and cardiac surgery in
| 21 | | Springfield in 1970; he was a co-director of the intensive | 22 | | care unit at
Memorial Medical Center; he was a member of the | 23 | | teaching faculty of Southern
Illinois University School of |
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| 1 | | Medicine since its inception and retired as a clinical | 2 | | professor of
medicine; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Panepinto was past president of the Sangamon | 4 | | County Medical Society and the Sangamon
County Heart | 5 | | Association; he served on the boards of Contact Ministries, | 6 | | the YMCA, and
the Memorial Medical Center Foundation; he was a | 7 | | member of the Sanibel Current Events Group, the Sanibel
| 8 | | Bicycle Club, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, and | 9 | | the Porch Think Tank, where he
cherished his time spent with | 10 | | friends enjoying coffee and current events; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Panepinto's years of marriage were filled | 12 | | with countless family celebrations, travel, and the building
| 13 | | of lifetime memories with the love of his life whom he met in | 14 | | Europe on a college class trip; he
reveled in his role as | 15 | | father and grandfather, from fishing, golfing, boating, and | 16 | | biking to partaking in
spirited family dinners; he was a | 17 | | voracious reader and had a fondness for history and World War | 18 | | II; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Panepinto was compassionate in all facets of | 20 | | his life; he was a devoted friend and relative to many, | 21 | | especially in their time of need; he always put his patients | 22 | | first, regardless of their status; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Panepinto is survived by his wife of 61 | 2 | | years, Dorothy; his daughters, Celeste
(Robert) Marsh III, Dr. | 3 | | Julie Panepinto (Dr. David Brousseau), Michele (Michael) | 4 | | Mannion, and Ellen (Mark)
Meyer; his grandchildren, Robert | 5 | | Marsh IV, Ethan Marsh, Peter Marsh, Joseph Brousseau, Andrew
| 6 | | Brousseau, Thomas Brousseau, Dr. Matthew Mannion, Ellen | 7 | | Mannion, Colin Mannion, Aileen Mannion, Katherine Meyer, | 8 | | Meredith Meyer, and Luke Meyer; his sister, Mary Celeste | 9 | | Panepinto Greenwell; several nieces and
nephews; and his | 10 | | cousin, Dr. Philip (Diane) Cimo; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Dr. Marion S. Panepinto and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Dr. Panepinto as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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