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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  shocked and saddened to learn of the untimely
 4    death of Bruce Spaulding of Bourbonnais  on  Saturday,  April
 5    26, 2003; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Spaulding  was  born  on August 7, 1953 in
 7    Manteno to  Fred  and  Martha  Jane  McCleary  Spaulding;  he
 8    married Denise Ann Daniels on June 23, 1995 in Kankakee; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Spaulding  was a firefighter and EMT-B for
10    the Bourbonnais Fire  Protection  District;  he  had  been  a
11    member  of  the Bourbonnais department since January 1, 2000;
12    he also worked as a cadet advisor,  fire  academy  professor,
13    and  taught  fire science to prospective firefighters and EMS
14    personnel at the Kankakee Area Career  Center  for  the  past
15    nine  years; he was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in
16    Kankakee; and

17        WHEREAS, Mr. Spaulding had wanted  to  be  a  firefighter
18    from  age three and when he was 18, the Bradley village board
19    held a special meeting to vote him onto the fire  department;
20    he  was  one  of the first members of the paramedic system at
21    Bradley and served there for 21 years; and

22        WHEREAS, The passing of Bruce Spaulding has  been  deeply
23    felt  by  his  community and colleagues and especially by his
24    wife, Denise; his sons and daughter-in-law, Brian  and  Stacy
25    Spaulding  and Andrew Campbell; his daughters and son-in-law,
26    Becky and Doug Poza and  Krista  Campbell;  his  sisters  and
27    brothers-in-law,  Beth  and  Paul Zeedyk and Paula and Dennis
28    Buhrmester; his stepsister  and  brother-in-law,  Laurel  and
29    Neal   Thompson;   his  sister-in-law,  Deborah  and  Richard
30    Gaffield, Sr.; his brother and sister-in-law, Steven Sr.  and
31    Tamie  Spaulding;  his  stepbrothers,  David  Lehnus and Jeff
32    Lehnus; his mother and stepfather, Jane and Gale Lehnus;  his
 
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 1    mother-in-law, Bernice Daniels; his grandson, Tyler Poza; and
 2    his yellow lab, Robin; therefore, be it

 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
 4    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the  passing
 5    of  Bruce  Spaulding  and  extend  to  his  friends,  family,
 6    community,  and  colleagues  our  deepest sympathy; and be it
 7    further

 8        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 9    presented  to  the family of Bruce Spaulding as an expression
10    of  our  sincerest   condolences   during   their   time   of
11    bereavement.