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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of former Illinois Senate doorkeeper Edward
4 H. Bell of Springfield, who passed away on April 24, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Edward H. Bell was born May 20, 1949, the son of
6 Archibald and Mary Bell, in Glasgow, Scotland; he immigrated to
7 the United States in 1964 to live with his aunt and uncle in
8 Springfield; and
 
9     WHEREAS, After serving in Vietnam, he returned to
10 Springfield to attend Lincoln Land Community College, where he
11 met Sabra Martin; Sabra and Ed were married August 12, 1972, in
12 Mason City; they had two daughters, Katrina Marie and Laura
13 Anne; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Ed was a Springfield Police officer for 27 years,
15 retiring as a sergeant in 2003; shortly after retiring, he
16 became a doorkeeper at the Illinois State Senate; he was also a
17 karate instructor with the Kifaru School of Martial Arts and
18 was an avid hunter of deer and turkey; Ed also enjoyed
19 collecting and planting day lilies, riding his motorcycle, and
20 was a bass drummer in the Springfield Highland Guard; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Edward Bell is survived by wife, Sabra, and two

 

 

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1 daughters, Katrina (husband, Stephen) Weber and Laura Bell;
2 Edward is also survived by an aunt and uncle in the Springfield
3 area, along with three sisters and several aunts and uncles in
4 Scotland; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Edward H. Bell; and be
8 it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Edward H. Bell as a symbol of our
11 sincere sympathy.