MEMORIAL-CHARLES H. BAIR III

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HR0963
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Charles
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Homer "Charlie" Bair III, who passed away on April 26, 2026;
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and

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WHEREAS, Charlie Bair was born on September 2, 1942; he
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earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the
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University of Cincinnati and his Master of Business
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Administration from Xavier; and

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WHEREAS, Charlie Bair served as president and CEO of
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hospitals across Ohio, turning insolvencies into surpluses,
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merging struggling community hospitals into what became one of
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the most comprehensive rural health systems in the country,
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and developing programs in psychiatric care, rehabilitation,
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and chronic illness that served people who had almost nowhere
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else to turn; additionally, he founded one of the only
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successful hospital-owned health insurance companies in the
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United States, and his contributions were recognized with a
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special commendation from the Joint Commission on
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Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Board of Governors;
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and

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WHEREAS, Charlie Bair moved to Carthage after nearly four

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decades in medical administration and taught ethics at Carl
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Sandburg College; he also worked as a community and economic
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development educator through the University of Illinois
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Extension and served as executive director of the Western
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Illinois Economic Development; he opened Lilly's Frozen Yogurt &
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Fudge in downtown Carthage as a way to create a space of
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community and joy, and the project blossomed; and

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WHEREAS, Charlie Bair was a curious man, genuinely
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interested in people and ideas; he was a great but wandering
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storyteller and delighted in new projects and new ideas; he
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made every community that he was a part of better; he will be
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especially remembered for his humor, his kindness, and his
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ability to meet people exactly where they were; and

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WHEREAS, Charlie Bair is survived by his wife, Ada Bair;
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his sister, Barbara Heighton, and her husband, Dr. Doug
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Heighton, and his children and their families, Ben Bair, his
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wife, Evelyn, and their children, Ellie and Portia, Jon Rowe,
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his wife, Ina, and their children, Samantha, Jonathan, and
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McKenzie, Alisha Zimmerman, and her husband, Jayson Edge, and
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their children, Michael, Marcus, and Marisa, and Andrea
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Zimmerman, and her husband, Alan Van Wyk; and his
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great-grandchildren, Michael and Brittany; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

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HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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we mourn the passing of Charles Homer "Charlie" Bair III and
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extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all
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who knew and loved him; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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presented to the family of Charlie Bair as a symbol of deepest
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sympathy.

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