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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 P. "Cotton" Campbell of Benld, |
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| formerly of Gillespie, who passed away on August 21, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Campbell was born on November 4, 1916 in |
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| Gillespie; he was the son of the late John P. and Catherine M. |
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| (McMahon) Campbell; he married Mildred Falke in June of 1941; |
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| they divorced in 1966; he married Tillie P. (Costa) Gaudio on |
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| June 21, 1969 in Carlinville; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Campbell was a retired coal miner, steel |
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| worker, and maintenance engineer for Alton State Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Campbell was a member of the Macoupin |
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| County Board for 20 years; he was a former alderman for the |
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| City of Gillespie; he was a former secretary for the |
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| Progressive Mine Workers of America and the United |
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| Steelworkers; he was also a former president of the Benld |
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| Senior Citizens and an amateur boxer; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Campbell was a member of the Litchfield |
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| Moose Lodge and the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge 217 of |
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| Benld; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Campbell was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his son, John Campbell; and his brothers, James and |
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| John "Star" Campbell; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Campbell is survived by his wife, |
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| Tillie; his daughter, Pat Matevey and husband, Gary; his |
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| stepson, Darrel Gaudio; his stepdaughter, Joeen Tallman and |
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| husband, Kent; his daughter-in-law, Yvonne Campbell; his |
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| grandchildren, Carlene Diaz and husband, Richard, Natalie |
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| Bared and husband, Victor, and Jolene Bosch and husband, |
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| Ashley; his six great-grandchildren and three |
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| step-grandchildren; his three step-great-grandchildren; and |
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| his brother, Pat Campbell and wife, Irene; 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 P. Campbell; 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 P. Campbell as an expression |
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| of our sympathy.
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