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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Richard Darrell Madison of Edwardsville, 
4who passed away on December 6, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Richard Madison was born on August 10, 1937, in 
6Pleasant Hill; he was the son of the late William and Cordelia 
7(Zumwalt) Madison; he married Carol Ann Layton on November 21, 
81956; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Richard Madison was a graduate of Edwardsville 
10High School and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; 
11he subsequently moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he 
12worked as the Program Director at Louisiana State University 
13from 1964 to 1966; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Richard Madison served as director of the student 
15center at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, where 
16he worked from 1966 until 1992; he was the director of student 
17housing at the university at the time of his retirement; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Richard Madison served as an Edwardsville City 
19Alderman for 14 years; he served on the Board of the 
20Edwardsville Public Library, where he was heavily involved in 
21the construction of the library's new addition; he was also a 
 
 
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1member of the ESIC Baptist Church and the Edwardsville Rotary 
2Club; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Richard Madison is survived by his wife; his son, 
4Richard D. (Nina) Madison II; his daughters, Marilyn L. (Chris) 
5Collins and Nicole B. Madison; his grandchildren, Richard Paul 
6(Marci) Madison, Christina Nicole (Brett) Sheroky, and 
7Christopher and Adam Collins; and his great-grandchildren, 
8Richard Tanner Madison and Colton Ryan Madison; therefore, be 
9it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
12his family and friends, the passing of Richard Darrell Madison; 
13and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to the family of Richard Madison as an expression of 
16our sympathy.