Full Text of SR0555 95th General Assembly
SR0555 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
Herman L. Cornish of Peoria, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 18, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish was born on May 16, 1933 in Peoria; | 6 |
| his parents were William Harper and Clara Mae Thompson-Thomas | 7 |
| Cornish; he married Dorothy Greene on April 16, 1960 in Peoria; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish served in the United States Army | 10 |
| during the Korean Conflict; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish was employed with the Peoria Police | 12 |
| Department as a detective on the vice squad, serving from 1956 | 13 |
| until his retirement in 1979 at the rank of sergeant; he was | 14 |
| instrumental in the establishment of the Police-Community | 15 |
| Relations Department, where the Officer Friendly Program was | 16 |
| initiated; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement from the Peoria Police | 18 |
| Department, Herman Cornish worked at Caterpillar Inc. as a | 19 |
| security officer; he went on to serve as fire marshal at | 20 |
| Methodist Medical Center; in 1989, he became the chief of | 21 |
| police for the Peoria Park District, serving until his |
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| retirement in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish was the recipient of the | 3 |
| Afro-American Police Award; he was also an inductee into the | 4 |
| African-American Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish was a member of St. Vincent de Paul | 6 |
| Catholic Church; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish was preceded in death by his | 8 |
| parents; his sister; and his two brothers; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish is survived by his wife, Dr. | 10 |
| Dorothy Cornish; his son, Kenneth (Veara) Cornish; his | 11 |
| daughters, Janet (George) Davis and Kelly (Deron) Robbins; his | 12 |
| 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; his sister, Mary | 13 |
| Margaret Cornish; his brother, Loren (Frances) Cornish; and his | 14 |
| many nieces and nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, Herman Cornish will be remembered by all who knew | 16 |
| and loved him as a person with an uncanny sense of humor, who | 17 |
| was well-loved and respected by all who knew him; therefore, be | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Herman Cornish; and be | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Herman Cornish as an expression of | 5 |
| our sympathy.
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