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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Thomas W. Holland, who passed away on |
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| February 19, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas W. Holland was a 25-year-old Navy veteran |
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| when he joined his father, L.H. Holland, in the Holland and |
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| Holland law practice in 1951 in a historic building in downtown |
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| Wood River; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Holland had a reputation as a lawyer who |
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| did legal work for family estates in probate court; school |
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| districts and city officials recognized his knowledge of school |
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| and municipal law; he was hired as Wood River city attorney, |
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| lawyer for East Alton-Wood River High School, East Alton |
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| Elementary District, Wood River-Hartford Elementary District, |
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| and Lewis and Clark Community College; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a founding father of Lewis and Clark |
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| Community College and prepared all the legal documents to form |
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| the college; through his efforts before the Illinois Supreme |
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| Court the city of Wood River was able to obtain title to Belk |
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| Park, and he subsequently donated his legal services for the |
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| development of the Belk Park Golf Course; and
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| WHEREAS,
He was a leader in the legal profession and active |
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| in the Wood River community, public library, his church, and |
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| many organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Holland is survived by his wife, Mary |
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| Betty; his children, Christopher Holland, Robin Holland, and |
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| Susan and her husband, Bill, Florent; his stepsons and their |
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| wives, Raymond and Linda White, and David and Sue White; his |
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| grandchildren, Casey, Megan and Tom Florent; his |
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| stepgrandchildren, Jessica and her husband, Carlos, Ferreira, |
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| Jarrod, Jacob, Molly, Dylan and Sydney White; his |
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| stepgreat-granddaughter, Madeline Ferreira; his brother-in-law |
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| and his wife, Bob and Janet Tite; and his sisters-in-law, Kay |
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| Pollard, Marsha Tassinari and Nancy Shaw; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Thomas W. Holland; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Thomas W. Holland as a symbol of our |
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| sympathy.
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