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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of
Edgar W. Pigg of Lake Bluff, who passed |
| 4 | | away on May 17, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edgar Pigg was born on February 19, 1926, in Dade |
| 6 | | City, Florida; he was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and had |
| 7 | | lived in Lake Bluff since 1966; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, After high school, Edgar Pigg enlisted in the |
| 9 | | United States Navy, serving on the USS Satago during World War |
| 10 | | II; in 1951, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in |
| 11 | | Nashville; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Edgar Pigg had a long and distinguished career in |
| 13 | | auto sales; he began his career with Studebaker and later |
| 14 | | became the owner of a Volkswagen dealership in Waukegan; in |
| 15 | | 1985, he retired and soon after joined his longtime friend in |
| 16 | | business at J.C. Forney and Co. Real Estate in Libertyville; |
| 17 | | and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Edgar Pigg was a former member of the Lake Bluff |
| 19 | | Police Commission and past president of the Lake County Chamber |
| 20 | | of Commerce; he was involved in the Lake County Chaplaincy |
| 21 | | Program, the Ralph Smith Foundation, and many aspects of the |
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| 1 | | Methodist Church; he was a member of Grace United Methodist |
| 2 | | Church in Lake Bluff and served on the board of the United |
| 3 | | Methodist Foundation; he was a very active rotarian, past |
| 4 | | president of the Waukegan Rotary Club, and district governor |
| 5 | | for #6440 from 1985 to 1986; he was honored as a Paul Harris |
| 6 | | Fellow; he was also a member of the Lake Bluff American Legion |
| 7 | | Post #510 and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Edgar Pigg was preceded in death by his parents, |
| 9 | | C.E. and Noi Pigg, and his brothers, Eugene and Robert; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Edgar Pigg is survived by his loving wife of 58 |
| 11 | | years, Henrietta Pigg; his children, Katherine (Fred) Boebel |
| 12 | | III, Edgar (Barbara) Pigg, Jr., and David (Marguerite) Pigg; |
| 13 | | his grandchildren, Frederick IV, Katherine, Carolyn, Robert, |
| 14 | | David Jr., and Emma; his sisters, Mary Hartnett and Addie |
| 15 | | Martin; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Edgar W. Pigg; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Edgar Pigg as an expression of our |
| 22 | | sympathy.
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