Full Text of SR1623 099th 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 Alan Skirball, M.D., F.A.C.S., who passed | 4 | | away on February 27, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Skirball was born in Dayton, Ohio to Rudolph | 6 | | and Zehrel (Pinner) Skirball on September 11, 1923; he served | 7 | | in the United States Army Air Corp's 334th Fighter Squadron as | 8 | | a Second Lieutenant from April of 1944 to December of 1945; he | 9 | | was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster during his | 10 | | service; he married Betty Jean Greene on September 15, 1949; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Skirball earned his bachelor's degree and his | 13 | | Doctor of Medicine at The Ohio State University; he performed | 14 | | his internship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at | 15 | | Jewish Hospital in St. Louis; he practiced OB/GYN medicine in | 16 | | Granite City and Glen Carbon, and was on staff at St. | 17 | | Elizabeth's, now Gateway Regional Medical Center, in Granite | 18 | | City, the Oliver C. Anderson Hospital in Maryville, and Jewish | 19 | | Hospital St. Louis; he was board certified by the American | 20 | | Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Dr. Skirball and his wife moved | 22 | | to Boca Raton, Florida; he was a member of Temple Shaare Emeth |
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| 1 | | in St. Louis, an avid golfer, and a former member of Sunset | 2 | | Hills Country Club in Edwardsville; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Skirball was preceded in death by his wife, | 4 | | Betty; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Skirball is survived by his three children, | 6 | | Richard Skirball and his wife, Donna Skirball, Sally Skirball | 7 | | and her husband, Gary Hyduke, and William Skirball and his | 8 | | wife, Peggy Skirball; his two grandchildren, Alicia (Skirball) | 9 | | Tosspon and her husband, Alex Tosspon, and Richard Skirball, | 10 | | Jr. and his wife, Hannah Skirball; and his four | 11 | | great-grandchildren, Samuel Skirball, Noah Skirball, Vivienne | 12 | | Skirball, and Oliver Tosspon; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Alan Skirball, M.D., F.A.C.S., and extend our sincere | 16 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 17 | | him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Dr. Skirball as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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