SR0888 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Donald E. Brown of Aurora on Monday, September 4, 2006; and

WHEREAS, He was born on August 22, 1906, in Monrovia, California, to Charles Edward and Sadie Harriett (Peterson) Brown; he was united in marriage to Claire E. Iftner on December 29, 1934, in Pittsfield; his schooling took him from California to Texas, Iowa, and finally Zion, Illinois, where he graduated from Zion Preparatory College in June of 1924; and

WHEREAS, He worked for the Chicago office of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company; he attended Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, from 1925 to 1927; in 1926 he worked with an electric company installing poles and transmission wires from Downers Grove to Naperville; throughout the rest of the 1920s he worked with Commonwealth Edison, worked as an apprentice plumber, and worked with the Illinois Bell Telephone Company; in 1931 he attended North Central College in Naperville, where he met his future wife; he graduated from North Central College in June of 1934 and during the rest of the 1930s worked for IBT office in Chicago, the Wheaton Recreation Project under the WPA, and East Aurora High School as a bookkeeper and their first wrestling coach; he taught first-year accounting at Elgin Community College; he also taught numerous accounting courses for Aurora University from 1965-1974; in 2002 he was voted into the East Aurora High School Athletic Hall of Fame; and

WHEREAS, He was a member of the National Education Association, the Illinois Education Association, the National Retired Teachers Association, the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association, and the Aurora Golden K Kiwanis Club; he attended the First Presbyterian Church of Aurora for over sixty years; and

WHEREAS, The passing of Donald E. Brown has been deeply felt by many, especially his children, Ben (Mary) Brown, Joyce Orland, JanClaire Elliott (David Gold), and Kent (Karen) Brown; his grandchildren, Rodney (Elizabeth) Brown, Cathy (Dave) Magee, Donald (Deanne) Brown, Gary (Julie) Brown, Michael (Diane) Orland, Jeffrey (Diane) Orland, Ronald (Kim) Hamm, Dr. Markus (Katie Godinez) Hamm, Gregory Hamm, Trisha (Chad) Cheek, and Jennifer and Erik Brown; his great-grandchildren, Olivia Brown, Ross, Jess, Emily, Erika, Lindsey and Matthew Magee, Megan and Ryan Brown, Justin Link, Mallory Harris, Alexia and Grant Shenburg, Jacob, Nicole and Joshua Brown, Stephanie (Jon) Schmalensee, Michael, Joseph and Jacob Orland, Mike (Vena) and Rob (Shannon) Bruce, Nikhia, Aaron, Meghan and Alicia Hamm; and his great-great grandchildren, Vincent, Jacob, Kayla, and Maxwell Bruce; his sister-in-laws, Frances and Helen Brown; his brother-in-laws, Joseph (Elisabeth) and Carl (Marie) Iftner, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; he was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; his brothers, Arthur (Marjorie), Nathaniel, and David; his sister, Carol (Jim Speranza); a sister in infancy; and his grandsons, Thomas L. and Stephen C. Orland; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Donald E. Brown, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to his family as an expression of our deepest sympathy.