Full Text of SR0023 96th General Assembly
SR0023 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Roger Sullivan Murphy of Holiday Shores, | 4 |
| who passed away on December 30, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Sullivan Murphy was born July 3, 1939, in | 6 |
| Olney, to Dr. Raymond and Lois Murphy; he married Donna Maria | 7 |
| Zielinski on March 24, 1965, in Carbondale; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a graduate of Culver Military Academy, he | 9 |
| attended the University of Pennsylvania, Southern Illinois | 10 |
| University Carbondale, and served in the Peace Corps in | 11 |
| Micronesia for two years after his graduation; upon returning | 12 |
| to the states, he graduated in 1972 from St. Louis University | 13 |
| School of Law; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in | 15 |
| St. Louis County until entering private practice in Belleville, | 16 |
| later moving his office to Edwardsville; an active community | 17 |
| volunteer, he served for many years on the board of directors | 18 |
| of the Holishor Association, including one term as its | 19 |
| president, in addition to working with community committees; he | 20 |
| served on the board of directors of Treehouse Wildlife Center | 21 |
| in addition to supporting a variety of other charitable causes; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, He liked to travel, golf, sports car races, and, | 2 |
| until recently, the Rams; in his final months, he was adamant | 3 |
| that his obituary acknowledge that he "was a lifelong liberal | 4 |
| Democrat and proud of it"; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank | 6 |
| and Fred Roberson; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Murphy is survived by his wife, Donna; his | 8 |
| two sons, Brennan Murphy and Eric Murphy; his three sisters, | 9 |
| Karen (Don) Stremme, Lois (Charles) Ferguson, and Joyce (Brad) | 10 |
| Binder; his two brothers, Bob Murphy and Raymond (Georgine) | 11 |
| Murphy; his sister-in-law Karen (Jerry) McCann, their children | 12 |
| and grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Jay Zielinski and his | 13 |
| daughter, Casey; his special friends, Ken and Sharon Dulle; and | 14 |
| others too numerous to mention; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Roger Sullivan Murphy; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Roger Sullivan Murphy as a symbol of | 21 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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