Full Text of SR1535 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Douglas W. "Doug" Peterson of River | 4 | | Forest, who passed away on November 24, 2017 at the age of 75; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson was born in Chicago on December 7, | 7 | | 1941; he grew up on Olcott Avenue on the northwest side; his | 8 | | neighbors remembered him as "funny and considerate to all of | 9 | | the kids on the block"; he attended Immaculate Conception | 10 | | Grammar School, Notre Dame High School, and earned a degree in | 11 | | business administration from Marquette University in 1963; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson joined the Naval Reserve Officers' | 13 | | Training Corps and upon graduation was commissioned as an | 14 | | ensign; after serving active duty aboard the USS Washtenaw | 15 | | County in Yokosuka, Japan for two years, he completed his naval | 16 | | service with the rank of lieutenant; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson returned to the Chicago area and | 18 | | went to work for Allstate Insurance, first as an agent, and | 19 | | later in the management program; in 1977, he joined CNA | 20 | | Insurance as the Midwest Region Sales Manager; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson founded Peterson Insurance Agency |
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| 1 | | in 1982, which later became Peterson and Associates Insurance; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson was an active member of the St. | 4 | | Giles Parish in Oak Park and the Forest Park Kiwanis Club; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson will be remembered for "crazy times" | 6 | | at the place in Wauwatosa, his good humor, honesty, and genuine | 7 | | care for others, as well as for being a man of tremendous faith | 8 | | who faced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with calm and | 9 | | grace; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Doug Peterson was the beloved husband of Luanne | 11 | | Peterson; the devoted father of Scott, Craig (Heather), Mary | 12 | | (Kevin) Gibbons, and Anne Sullivan; the cherished grandfather | 13 | | of Grace, Thomas, Matthew, Ryan, and Owen Peterson, Clare, | 14 | | Patrick, Timothy, and Edmund Gibbons, and Joseph, Sean, and | 15 | | Colin Sullivan; the fond brother of Diane (Richard) Fox, Susan | 16 | | (Walter) Hutt, Gary (the late Janice) Peterson, Kathleen | 17 | | (Richard) Kowalczyk, and the late David (Barbara) Peterson; the | 18 | | dear brother-in-law of Mary Phillips and Margaret (the late | 19 | | Tom) Kenny; and the fond uncle and friend to many; therefore, | 20 | | be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Douglas W. "Doug" Peterson and extend our sincere condolences | 2 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 3 | | it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Doug Peterson as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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