Full Text of SR0246 95th General Assembly
SR0246 95TH 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 Richard George Younge, Esq., of East St. | 4 |
| Louis, who passed away on June 6, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Younge was the husband of State Representative | 6 |
| Wyvetter Younge; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Younge was a member of the Illinois Metro East | 8 |
| and Mound City Bar Associations, the NAACP, Kappa Alpha Psi | 9 |
| Fraternity, and St. Luke AME Church; and he was a veteran of | 10 |
| the United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Younge was a graduate of Lincoln University | 12 |
| and the University of Illinois and practiced law for over forty | 13 |
| years; he was very involved in desegregating theaters and | 14 |
| schools; and he enjoyed flying and hunting; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his daughter, Ruth | 16 |
| Felecia Younge; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Richard Younge will be deeply felt | 18 |
| by all those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, the | 19 |
| Honorable Wyvetter Younge; his sons, Richard (Mable) Younge | 20 |
| Jr., Roland (Ann) Younge, and Torque Young; his daughter, |
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| Margaret (Edward) Hewitt; his grandchildren, Morgan, McKenzie, | 2 |
| Jewel, Mason, Dawn, and Jaema; and his many relatives and | 3 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Richard George Younge; | 7 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Richard George Younge as a symbol of | 10 |
| our sympathy.
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