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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express |
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| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Harry C. |
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| Dortch, of Granite City, who passed away on March 20, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Dortch was born in Stewart County, |
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| Tennessee, and moved to Granite City as a child; he graduated |
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| from Granite City High School and received a degree from the |
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| St. Louis College of Pharmacy; and |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dortch was a naval veteran; after he was |
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| discharged, he married his high school sweetheart, Kathleen M. |
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| Nieber, in 1952; and |
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| WHEREAS, He started his pharmacy career working at Reese |
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| Drug Stores; he served in many positions, not only as a |
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| pharmacist, but as an executive vice president and general |
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| manager; and
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| WHEREAS, After the stores closed in the mid-1980s, he |
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| worked as a pharmacist at Huck's Drug Store, Providence |
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| Pharmacy, and later at Gateway Regional Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dortch was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic |
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| Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Harry C. Dortch will be felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Kathleen Dortch; |
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| his sons, Brian Dortch and David Dortch; his daughter, Jackie |
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| Jones; and his three grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| all who knew and loved him, the death of Harry C. Dortch; and |
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| be it further
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