Full Text of SR0651 94th General Assembly
SR0651 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Gil B. Tope of Carterville | 4 |
| on January 30, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tope was born August 7, 1961, in Du Quoin, to | 6 |
| Lee Roy Tope and Billie Marie (Madden) Tope; he married Marsha | 7 |
| Kay Lang on September 29, 1989, and they enjoyed 16 years | 8 |
| together; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 10 |
| Catholic Church in Herrin; Mr. Tope was employed by Jack Murray | 11 |
| at Southern Illinois Wholesale for 20 years as a | 12 |
| driver/salesman and for 5 years worked for Paul Koerner at | 13 |
| Korener Distributing as a warehouse supervisor; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tope was a simple man with a "Freebyrd" | 15 |
| spirit; he enjoyed sitting around a campfire with good friends, | 16 |
| family, and a cold Miller Lite beer; he and his best friend, | 17 |
| his wife Marsha, loved being together fishing, being among | 18 |
| wildlife, walking in the woods with nature, and taking long | 19 |
| motorcycle rides on his bike, "Freebyrd"; Mr. Tope loved good | 20 |
| music and playing the guitar; he also loved his late dog, | 21 |
| Jasper, and his new four-legged friend, Skynyrd; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tope was preceded in death by his father; his | 23 |
| father-in-law, Glen Lang; and a very special uncle, Bill Tope; | 24 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gil Tope has been deeply felt by | 26 |
| many, especially his wife; his stepson, Travis Clark; his very | 27 |
| loving and caring daughter, Krystal Tope; his mother; his | 28 |
| mother-in-law, Patricia Atkins; his older brothers and older | 29 |
| sister, Terry and wife, Joyce, Brenda Brown, David and wife, | 30 |
| Gayla, and Alan and wife, Debbie; his wonderful grandchildren, |
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| Dale Tindill, Makayla Tope, and Tylar Glen Glasco; his many | 2 |
| nieces and nephews, especially Emily Tope; his many | 3 |
| great-nieces and nephews; and his many great-great nieces and | 4 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Gil Tope, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 8 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 11 |
| sympathy.
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