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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Donald E. Stephens II of Rosemont, who
4passed away on August 13, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Donald Stephens II was the former public safety
6superintendent of Rosemont and son of the village's founding
7mayor, Donald E. Stephens; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Donald Stephens II began working for Rosemont in
91971; he was instrumental in the opening of the Donald E.
10Stephens Convention Center and the Rosemont Horizon, now known
11as the Allstate Arena; he had a hand in other municipal
12buildings and projects, and served as Deputy Mayor in the late
131980s under his father; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Donald Stephens II was among the charter members
15of the public safety department's K9 unit and the third
16superintendent of public safety in Rosemont's history; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Donald Stephens II retired in 2014 but continued
18to be active in the police department, serving as Chairman of
19the police and fire commission; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Donald Stephens II is survived by his wife, Kathy;

 

 

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1his daughter, Brittany; his son, Rosemont Police Chief Donald
2E. Stephens III; his son, the Donald E. Stephens Convention
3Center Executive Director Christopher Stephens; and his
4brother, Rosemont Mayor Bradley Stephens; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
7Donald E. Stephens II, and extend our sincere condolences to
8his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Donald Stephens II as an expression
12of our deepest sympathy.