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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Robert Charles Boken, M.D., |
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| on Sunday, May 2, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Boken was born on August 25, 1935, in St. |
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| Paul, Minnesota, to Anne (Ryan) and Robert Boken; he was raised |
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| in Manhattan Beach, California; he graduated from Loyola High |
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| School (Los Angeles, California), Creighton, University, and |
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| Creighton University School of Medicine, where he earned Alpha |
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| Omega Alpha honors; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Boken was married to his wife, Rose Ann, for |
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| 45 years; they highly valued the education of their children; |
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| all 9 children were college graduates, with several obtaining |
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| advanced degrees and 2 following in their father's footsteps as |
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| physicians; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Boken was highly respected professionally and |
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| served as president of the medical staff at St. Vincent Medical |
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| Center in Los Angeles, California, during a career that spanned |
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| 5 decades; he was part of a medical group that was among the |
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| first physicians to manage hemodialysis treatment for patients |
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| with kidney failure; he retired from private practice in 1994; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert Charles Boken, M.D., has |
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| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Rose Ann; his |
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| children and their spouses, Annette, Paul (Lisa), Daniel (Lori |
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| Anne), John (Susan), Philip (Anna), Kathryn Welsh (Patrick), |
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| Michael (Patricia), Joseph, and Emily; his 16 grandchildren; |
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| his sister, Roberta Fisher (Charles); and their children and |
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| grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |