Illinois SR 370: MEMORIAL - JAMES MARKELZ

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SR0370LRB104 14344 LAW 27477 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Stuart Allen Yaffe, M.D. of 

4Springfield, who passed away on June 11, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Dr. Yaffe was born to Samuel and Florence 

6(Gralnick) Yaffe in Springfield on July 6, 1927; he graduated 

7from Springfield High School in 1945; he served stateside in 

8the United States Army during World War II for 18 months; he 

9attended and graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks 

10before Alaska gained statehood; he earned his medical degree 

11from St. Louis University; he married Natalie Goldstein in St. 

12Louis, Missouri on December 21, 1952, and she preceded him in 

13death on March 13, 2021; and

14 WHEREAS, Dr. Yaffe returned to Springfield to join the 

15general practice of Dr. Rex Campbell; he viewed smoking as the 

16number one avoidable cause of death in our society and was 

17serving as president of the Sangamon County Medical Society 

18when an agreement was reached in 1989 to ban smoking in St. 

19John's and Memorial Hospitals; after his daughter, Kim, 

20finished her family medicine residency in 1990, she joined his 

21practice, and they worked side-by-side as Springfield Clinic 

22partners for a quarter century until he retired at age 89; and

SR0370- 2 -LRB104 14344 LAW 27477 r

1 WHEREAS, Dr. Yaffe was a life member of the American 

2Academy of Family Practice, which he joined in 1962, and he was 

3a longtime member of Temple B'rith Sholom in Springfield; and

4 WHEREAS, Dr. Yaffe began pursuing running as a hobby at 

5the age of 40, and he could often be seen running in Washington 

6Park six days a week or more well into his 70s; his passion for 

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