O’Reilly family gift expands St. John’s Cancer Center
April 18, 2008

St. John's Foundation for Community Health President Mike Peters presents Larry O'Reilly with a marble Mercy cross, symbolizing St. Johns' new partnership with the O'Reilly family. ¢ Click here to view party pix from the event

St. John’s Foundation for Community Health announced a major gift from the O’Reilly family for expansion of cancer services. 

In recognition of the donation, St. John’s Cancer Center has been named “St. John’s C.H. ‘Chub’ O’Reilly Cancer Center.  The announcement came at a donor recognition dinner April 12 celebrating the opening of St. John’s new Patient Tower.

“It is a new beginning in cancer services at St. John’s, thanks to this family’s generosity and vision – their commitment to helping patients living with, through and beyond cancer,” said Kim Day, St. John’s Health System president /CEO.

The family of “Chub” O’Reilly – Charlie and Mary Beth O’Reilly; Larry and Nancy O’Reilly; David O’Reilly; Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten and Kenna Lou O’Reilly – generously donated funds to expand St. John’s cancer program to include a cancer resource center. The O’Reilly family support will also enable the cancer program to move up to a higher level of comprehensive support and care – a level that will rival the country’s top cancer centers.

“We appreciate the support of the O’Reilly family and recognize the significance of their contribution. The cancer resource center will help St. John’s address unmet needs of cancer patients in the Ozarks, Mike Peters, and St. John’s Foundation for Community Health President.

The St. John’s C.H. “Chub” O’Reilly Cancer Center is located at 2055 S. Fremont in Springfield.