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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of John D. Purdy, formerly of Hinsdale, who
4 passed away on March 16, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, John Purdy was born on July 22, 1917, in Highland
6 Park; he married his loving wife, Marjorie, in 1939; he
7 graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in
8 1936 and attended Yale University; and
 
9     WHEREAS, John Purdy was employed for 24 years in the steel
10 pipe fabricating business; in 1962, after many years of
11 volunteer service, he decided to spend the rest of his career
12 working in human services; he worked first with the Community
13 Renewal Society as Director of Development, and then as
14 Associate Executive Director of United Charities of Chicago
15 until his retirement in 1982; and
 
16     WHEREAS, John Purdy was active in the Boy Scouts and the
17 Union Church of Hinsdale, where he taught Sunday school and
18 served in many leadership positions; he helped to establish the
19 Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ in Sanibel,
20 Florida in the early 1980s; he was also an active member of the
21 Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago and a founding member of the
22 Jolly Boys singing group; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, John Purdy was preceded in death by his loving
2 wife of 59 years, Marjorie; and
 
3     WHEREAS, John Purdy is survived by his children, John D.
4 Purdy, Jr. and his wife, Anne, Jane H. Purdy, William K. Purdy
5 and his wife, Mollie, Meredith P. Clapp and her husband,
6 Eugene, M. Hui MacDonagh and her husband, Michael, and
7 Elizabeth C. Purdy; his 13 grandchildren; and his 10
8 great-grandchildren; and
 
9     WHEREAS, John Purdy will be remembered fondly by all who
10 knew and loved him for his wonderful sense of humor, his
11 booming voice, his love of people, poetry, and music, and his
12 kindness to all; therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
14 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
15 his family and friends, the passing of John D. Purdy; and be it
16 further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to the family of John Purdy as an expression of our
19 sympathy.