Full Text of HR0954 94th General Assembly
HR0954 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of | 4 |
| Nathaniel B. Snow on Thursday, December 29, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on November 27, 1925, in Pushmataha, | 6 |
| Oklahoma, to Andrew and Stella Snow; he worked in cotton fields | 7 |
| as a boy to help support his family while attending school; he | 8 |
| spent his high school years in Seiling, Oklahoma, where he was | 9 |
| an excellent student and played the sousaphone in the marching | 10 |
| band; after high school, he served two years in the Merchant | 11 |
| Marines at the end of World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon returning from his tour of duty with the | 13 |
| Merchant Marines he attended Wayne State University in Detroit, | 14 |
| Michigan, where he earned a bachelor's degree and the | 15 |
| University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he earned | 16 |
| a master's degree in economics; he was the only member of his | 17 |
| family to attend college; and
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| WHEREAS, After college he settled in Chicago, where he | 19 |
| lived for 47 years and worked as a data processing consultant | 20 |
| and computer technologist; in Chicago he became active in | 21 |
| politics and had a particular passion for social justice, civil | 22 |
| rights, and civil liberties; and
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| WHEREAS, He met his future wife, Renee Rosen, during a | 24 |
| political campaign in 1964; they married on November 25, 1967, | 25 |
| settling in the Lakeview area of Chicago, where they continued | 26 |
| to work together to support political candidates who shared | 27 |
| their progressive political beliefs; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Snow was a person of great intellectual | 29 |
| curiosity, uncompromising integrity, and deep conviction; he | 30 |
| was a voracious reader and avid student his entire life; and
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| WHEREAS, He passed away on December 29, 2005, at Seasons | 2 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Chicago after a long and | 3 |
| painful struggle against Alzheimer's disease; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Nathaniel B. Snow has been deeply | 5 |
| felt by many, including his wife, Renee; his sister, Cathryn | 6 |
| Snow; his many in-laws, cousins, nieces, and nephews, including | 7 |
| Elaine Murphy, Sandy Brooks, Robin Smith, Les Murphy, and Donna | 8 |
| Wittert; and his many neighbors and friends at his apartment | 9 |
| building, "The Darien"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we mourn the passing of Nathaniel B. Snow, and we extend our | 13 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 14 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 17 |
| condolences.
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