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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Roger Cunningham of Peoria, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on June 21, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham was born in Chicago on December | ||||||
| 6 | 4, 1940; he grew up in Galesburg; he earned a bachelor's degree | ||||||
| 7 | and a master's degree in Music Education from Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Wesleyan University and the University of Illinois; he married | ||||||
| 9 | Shirley Koelling in 1966, and they resided in the Peoria area | ||||||
| 10 | for most of their married life; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham proudly played trombone in the | ||||||
| 12 | U.S. Army Band at Fort Knox for two years; he also played | ||||||
| 13 | trombone in the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and the Peoria | ||||||
| 14 | Municipal Band; he was also a skilled player of recorders, and | ||||||
| 15 | he participated in various recorder ensembles and music | ||||||
| 16 | festivals throughout the country; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham made his career in computer | ||||||
| 18 | programming, spending most of his years at the RLI | ||||||
| 19 | Corporation; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham was an active member of the | ||||||
| 21 | Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria, where he sang in the | ||||||
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| 1 | choir and managed the UU Cuubs church baseball team in the | ||||||
| 2 | 1990s; in recent years, he became an avid student of the | ||||||
| 3 | Mandarin language due to inspiration by several close | ||||||
| 4 | connections with Chinese students, friends, and teachers; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 6 | parents, Frank and Mabel Cunningham; his nephew, Jeff De | ||||||
| 7 | Bruine; and nine cousins with whom he enjoyed close | ||||||
| 8 | friendships due to their living on the same block; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham is survived by his wife, | ||||||
| 10 | Shirley; his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Ruth and Paul | ||||||
| 11 | De Bruine; four nieces; eight grandnieces and grandnephews; | ||||||
| 12 | and numerous cousins; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Roger Cunningham and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Roger Cunningham as an expression | ||||||
| 20 | of our deepest sympathy.
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