Full Text of SR1249 098th 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. Edward K. Du Vivier of Godfrey, who | 4 | | passed away on May 21, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Du Vivier was born on January 27, 1919 in New | 6 | | York City to Joseph and Eleanor (nee Keyes) Du Vivier; he was | 7 | | raised in France until the age of 18; he went to Avon, then | 8 | | Yale University and Cornell Medical School in New York City, | 9 | | graduating in 1945; he served in the Medical Corps of the | 10 | | United States Army from 1942 to 1948; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Du Vivier completed his residencies in | 12 | | Pediatrics at New York Hospital in 1950 and practiced | 13 | | Pediatrics with Drs. Pierce and Humphrey in Alton until | 14 | | November of 1988; during his practice, "Dr. Ned" became Chief | 15 | | of Staff and Emeritus of St. Joseph, Saint Anthony's Health | 16 | | Center, and Alton Memorial Hospital; he represented the Madison | 17 | | County Medical Society as a delegate to the Meetings of the | 18 | | Illinois State Medical Society for 35 years and was on the | 19 | | Regional Medical Peer Review Board in Quincy, President of the | 20 | | Downstate Pediatric Society, and President of the Madison | 21 | | County Medical Society; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, After retirement at age 70, Dr. Du Vivier served |
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| 1 | | for 3 years as Madison County Representative to the Silver | 2 | | Haired Congress in Washington, D.C.; he was on the board of the | 3 | | Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging in Belleville for 8 years | 4 | | and on the board of Alton Senior Services Plus for 8 years; he | 5 | | volunteered at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in | 6 | | Hartford, the Hayner Public Library, the AARP, and Leisure | 7 | | Friends; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Du Vivier is survived by his wife, the former | 9 | | Marjorie Jeanne Attebery, whom he married in 1947, and 7 | 10 | | children: Joseph A. DuVivier and Toni Rizzo,
Charles G. and | 11 | | Kathryn DuVivier, Edward F. and Mateboho "Matty" DuVivier, | 12 | | Katharine K. "KK" DuVivier and Lance Wright, David O. DuVivier, | 13 | | Louise D. and William Alsing, and Eleanor D. and Michael Dunn; | 14 | | and 8 grandchildren: Edward and Hea Jeong DuVivier, Dave Du | 15 | | Vivier, Una Kate DuVivier-McDermott, Joseph Pitso DuVivier, | 16 | | Alice DuVivier and Michael Rhodes, Emmett Perl, and Zachary and | 17 | | Alex Dunn; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Dr. Edward K. Du Vivier, and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Dr. Du Vivier as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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