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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Christopher "Chris" Dwyer |
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| of McHenry on May 18, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dwyer was born December 24, 1951, in Chicago |
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| to George and Mary (Dixon) Dwyer; he married Marianne Bartoli |
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| on September 18, 1976, in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He served four years on active duty in the U.S. |
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| Coast Guard and seven more years on reserve duty; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a firefighter/paramedic for the City of |
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| Evanston from 1992 until he retired in 2005; he also |
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| volunteered as a paramedic for the McHenry Township Fire |
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| Protection District from 1988 to 1995, serving as a training |
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| officer for two years; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1979 to 1992, Mr. Dwyer owned and operated |
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| the Prop Shop in Fox Lake; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of St. John the Baptist Church in |
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| Johnsburg; he served as a union steward and was a member of the |
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| Fire Fighters Local 742 for over eight years; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a loving, caring, |
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| family-oriented person who touched the lives of everyone who |
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| knew him; he was a member of the ski patrol at Grand Geneva and |
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| Wilmot Mountain Resort; he loved boating and especially enjoyed |
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| the beaches while vacationing in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Christopher "Chris" Dwyer is felt |
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| by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 28 years, |
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| Marianne; his children, Kevin and Kerry Dwyer; his mother, Mary |
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| Jo Dwyer; and his sisters, Patricia (Robert) Clem and Constance |