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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Norman L. Armstrong of Carlinville, who
4 passed away on February 17, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born on May 4, 1925 in Sona Bata, Belgian
6 Congo, the son of Bernard W. and Rhoda Broholm Armstrong; he
7 married Florence Waterman on September 24, 1949 in Kalamazoo,
8 Michigan; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He was a United States Army infantry veteran,
10 serving in World War II; he attended Wright State in Ohio,
11 receiving his master of arts degree in counseling; he received
12 his bachelor of arts degree from Kalamazoo College; and he
13 received a master of arts degree from Andover-Newton College;
14 and
 
15     WHEREAS, He was a pastoral counselor in Western Springs,
16 retiring in 1993; he was a member of the Federated Church and
17 Seekers Group at Blackburn College; and
 
18     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Norman Armstrong is survived by his sons and
20 daughter-in-law, Dr. Mark W. and Lynn Armstrong and Richard N.

 

 

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1 Armstrong; his grandsons, Greg (wife, Sarah) MacDonald, Jeff
2 Armstrong, and Dan Armstrong (fiancee, Sara Keaster); and his
3 sister, Joan Bailey; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6 his family and friends, the passing of Norman Armstrong; and be
7 it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Norman Armstrong as a symbol of our
10 sincere sympathy.