Full Text of SR0554 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of The Rev. Dr. Laurence Larson of | 4 | | Moline, who passed away on September 30, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Larson was born to Roy and Agnes Burke | 6 | | Larson in East Chicago, Indiana on March 3, 1936; he attended | 7 | | public schools in Sterling and served in the U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | | from 1954 to 1957; he graduated from Illinois College in | 9 | | Jacksonville in 1960 and received a Master of Divinity from | 10 | | Nashotah House Seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin in 1963; he | 11 | | received a Doctorate of Ministry from the Graduate Theological | 12 | | Foundation in Notre Dame, Indiana in 1988; he married Betty | 13 | | Lou Izard in Warsaw on December 30, 1961; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Larson was ordained in the Episcopal | 15 | | Church in 1963; he served eight years of college chaplaincy, | 16 | | as rector of Trinity Parish in Lincoln from 1971 to 1977, and | 17 | | as Rector of Trinity Parish in Rock Island from 1977 to 2001; | 18 | | he helped establish the All Saints Mission in Moline in | 19 | | February of 2009 and served that congregation through 2013; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Larson was preceded in death by his | 22 | | parents; his brothers, Roger and Don; and his sister, Lois |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Larson is survived by his wife, Betty | 3 | | Larson; his sons, Christopher and Chad (Carrie) Larson; his | 4 | | daughter, Catherine Larson and her husband, John Culwell; ten | 5 | | grandchildren; and his twin sister, Laurel Bye; therefore, be | 6 | | it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | The Rev. Dr. Laurence Larson and extend our sincere | 10 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 11 | | him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Laurence Larson as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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