Full Text of HR0495 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dr. | 4 | | Norris A. Erickson of Aurora, who passed away on August 20, | 5 | | 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Norris Erickson was born on April 6, 1944, in | 7 | | Davenport, Iowa; his parents were Alvin and Lila Erickson; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Norris Erickson served with pride as a member of | 9 | | the United States Army from 1965 to 1967 as part of the | 10 | | Military Police in Panama; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Norris Erickson graduated from Palmer College of | 12 | | Chiropractic in 1972, following in the footsteps of his father, | 13 | | mother and aunt; after graduation, he moved to Sandwich, | 14 | | joining his aunt at her chiropractic office; in 1976, he moved | 15 | | to Aurora and opened Erickson Chiropractic Center, focusing on | 16 | | building one of the largest children's practices in Aurora; in | 17 | | 2000, he was one of 33 in the first graduating class at Palmer | 18 | | College to receive his LCP in the Palmer Legion of Chiropractic | 19 | | Philosophers; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Norris Erickson was awarded with a Fellow in the | 21 | | Palmer Academy of Chiropractic in 2000 for his valued |
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| 1 | | contributions to Palmer College and to the advancement of the | 2 | | chiropractic profession; in 2001, he was awarded the | 3 | | Distinguished Fellow from the International Chiropractic | 4 | | Association in recognition of outstanding contributions to | 5 | | patients, chiropractic, and humanity; in 2005, he earned his | 6 | | Diplomate in Philosophical Chiropractic Standard by the | 7 | | International Chiropractic Association Council of Chiropractic | 8 | | Philosophy; in 1986 and 1987, he went on 2 chiropractic | 9 | | missions to Panama, bringing the gift of chiropractic to the | 10 | | people; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Norris Erickson had been a long serving Commander | 12 | | on the Roosevelt Aurora Post 84 American Legion and a past Kane | 13 | | County Commander of the American Legion and Passe Chef de Gare | 14 | | of 40 & 8 elite of the American Legion; he was instrumental in | 15 | | bringing the Moving Wall to Aurora in 1989 and in the renaming | 16 | | of Veterans Island, and the memorial on it dedicated to all | 17 | | veterans, past, present, and future; he was a member of the | 18 | | Masonic Lodge #254 and the Aurora Area Shrine Club and served | 19 | | as a member on the Aurora Airport Board for 2 decades; he also | 20 | | sponsored very successful softball teams in the 1980s and was | 21 | | referred to as the George Steinbrenner of the Fox Valley; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Norris Erickson is survived by his wife, Sally; | 23 | | his daughters, Krista Erickson Tetter, Karsta (Bill) Erickson, | 24 | | and Christine (Tom) Watt; his son, Phillip Baratta; and his |
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| 1 | | grandchildren, Kyra Erickson Tetter, Kelsen Erickson, and | 2 | | Rocco and Anthony Watt; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 6 | | Norris A. Erickson; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Norris Erickson as an expression of | 9 | | our sympathy.
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