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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to learn of the death of William R.
 4    Deutsch of Jacksonville on Monday, August 11, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Deutsch  was  born  on  May  18,  1924  in
 6    Jacksonville to William W. and Helen Anderson Reaugh Deutsch;
 7    he married Mari Kaler on January 24, 1950; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mr. Deutsch attended Illinois College; he became
 9    executive vice  president  of  Illinois  Petroleum  Marketers
10    Association  (IPMA)  in 1967 and created Illinois Association
11    of Convenience Stores (IACS) in 1982; he served  2  governors
12    on  energy  crisis  committees  and was advisor of the School
13    Energy Planning Committee; and

14        WHEREAS, Mr. Deutsch was a member of the American Society
15    of  Association  Executives  and  a  past  president  of  the
16    Illinois Chapter; in 1984, he was  selected  speaker  of  the
17    Illinois Third House; and

18        WHEREAS, During his tenure with IPMA and IACS, he oversaw
19    the  construction  of a new executive office building located
20    at 112 West Cook Street in Springfield; upon  his  retirement
21    in  1994,  the building was designated the William R. Deutsch
22    Building; and

23        WHEREAS, The passing  of  William  R.  Deutsch  has  been
24    deeply  felt  by  many,  especially  his wife, Mari; his son,
25    William M. (wife, Christine); his daughters, Denise "Dee Dee"
26    (husband, Robert) Hall and Mary Michelle "Shelley"  (husband,
27    Jeffrey)  Trost;  and his grandchildren, Tyler Reaugh, Andrew
28    Kaler, Mary  Elizabeth  Hall,  and  Catherine  Mari  Deutsch;
29    therefore, be it

30        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
31    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the  passing
 
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 1    of William R. Deutsch and extend our sincerest condolences to
 2    his  friends,  family, and all who knew and loved him; and be
 3    it further

 4        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 5    presented   to  the  family  of  William  R.  Deutsch  as  an
 6    expression of our deepest sympathy.