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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Floyd Albert Thompson (aka "Uncle Floyd")
4 of Naperville, who passed away on May 3, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Floyd Thompson was born March 5, 1922, in Chicago,
6 and moved to Naperville at the age of two; he graduated from
7 Naperville High School in 1941, before serving as a radioman
8 first class in the Coast Guard during World War II; and
 
9     WHEREAS, After returning from the War, he founded the
10 Naperville Cab Company in 1947 while attending North Central
11 College (NCC), where he received his B.A. in 1950; he received
12 his Masters of science in education from Northern Illinois
13 University in 1963; he served as director of admissions at NCC
14 from 1950 to 1964, during which time he was a founding member
15 and parliamentarian of The National Association of College
16 Admission Counselors (NACAC), and president of the Illinois
17 chapter; from 1964 to 1984, he was a guidance counselor at West
18 Aurora High School; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He was named Naperville Citizen of the Year
20 (1991); he was a member, commander, and chaplain of American
21 Legion Post #43 and VFW #3873; he was a member of the NCC
22 Alumni Association and Phi Delta Kappa, the Naperville Area

 

 

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1 Stamp Club, and was on the Advisory Citizens Committee of the
2 two local Post Offices; he participated in the Hurrah Program
3 for District #203, World War II Living History, and the
4 Shanower September 11 Memorial Committee; he was an honorary
5 lifetime member of the Naperville YMCA, serving as YMCA board
6 president, board member, and member of the International
7 Committee of YMCA World Service; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He received a citizen's honor from the Naperville
9 Jaycees and an outstanding alumni award from NCC in 2000; he
10 loved officiating at local high school and college track meets,
11 organized a Summer Olympics program for neighborhood children,
12 and helped bring Santa Claus to Naperville families during the
13 Christmas season for many years; he devoted his life to telling
14 others about his faith in Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and
15 Savior; he was an active member of the Naperville
16 Congregational Church, where he served as a deacon, on the
17 missions committee, and Sunday School Teacher; he was also a
18 member of Gideon's International and spent over 40 years
19 helping to raise money and awareness for Wayside Cross
20 Ministries of Aurora; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Floyd was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur
22 and Clara (nee Holle) Thompson; his brothers, Vernon (Dorothy)
23 Thompson, Marvin (Ruth) Thompson and Allen (Laurie) Thompson;
24 his sisters, Edith (Fred Heinke) and Maybelle (Marshall Jones);

 

 

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1 and his son, Jay Randall Thompson; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Floyd Thompson is survived by his loving wife of
3 56 years, Barbara Thompson (nee Irwin); his children, Nancy
4 Thompson, wife of Kenneth Frydrychowski and Richard "Rick"
5 Thompson, father of Floyd's two grandchildren, Myra and Brad
6 Thompson; and also by his many nieces, nephews, cousins and
7 friends; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 his family and friends, the passing of Floyd Albert Thompson;
11 and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Floyd Albert Thompson as a symbol of
14 our sympathy.