SR0102 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Peter W. Olroyd II of Carlinville, who passed away on February 21, 2009; and

WHEREAS, He was born July 8, 1934, in Hillsboro, the son of Peter W. Olroyd Sr. and Maymie Chaudoin; he married Joyce R. (Schmidt) Olroyd on December 29, 1953, in Hillsboro; and

WHEREAS, He graduated from Hillsboro High School, with the class of 1952; he was a Korean War veteran serving as 2nd Class Petty Officer aboard the U.S.S. Cadmus; he was ordained as a minister in 1978; he was pastor at Fayette Baptist Church in rural Greenfield from 1977 to 1993; from 1994 to 2000 he served churches in Dow, Charity Baptist Church in Carlinville, and Carlinville Southern Baptist Church as an interim pastor; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Olroyd joined the Carlinville Post Office in 1962 and served as a mail carrier until 1978, when he was appointed assistant postmaster, serving in that capacity until taking early retirement in 1989; he joined the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Carlinville in 2002, where he served as a deacon, taught Sunday school and was the director of Sunday school; and he was selected as Bivocational Pastor of the Year in 1993; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Brent Stayton; his five brothers; and his sister; and

WHEREAS, Peter Olroyd II is survived by his wife, Joyce R. Olroyd; his children, Peter W. Olroyd III, Mark R. Olroyd (Sondra), Lois Stayton, Stephen Olroyd (Peggy), and James Olroyd (Tina); his fourteen grandchildren; his eleven great-grandchildren; his three great-great-grandchildren; his brother, George Hudelson (Norma); his sister, Josephine Harris; and his several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Peter Olroyd II; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Peter Olroyd II as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.