Full Text of SR1416 98th General Assembly
SR1416 98TH 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 Ronald E. Hopwood, Sr. of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on August 16, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was born on July 31, 1940 in | 6 | | Springfield; his parents were Harold and Katherine Lucille | 7 | | Durham Hopwood; he married Doris Davis on November 11, 1983; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. served his country as a member | 10 | | of the United States Air Force; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was employed with the | 12 | | Statesville Correctional Facility, the Master Supply Company, | 13 | | Beatrice Foods, Springfield Clinic, and Elliott Avenue Baptist | 14 | | Church; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was a member and president of | 16 | | the Springfield Center for Independent Living Board of | 17 | | Directors, the Springfield Mass Transit District Advisory | 18 | | Committee, the Springfield Disabilities Committee, the SCIL | 19 | | Access Committee, and the Coalition for Citizens with | 20 | | Disabilities of Illinois; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was an alumnus of the Greater | 2 | | Springfield Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Springfield | 3 | | program; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was preceded in death by his | 5 | | parents and a brother, Stan Hopwood; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. is survived by his wife, | 7 | | Doris; 3 children, Ronald Gene Hopwood, Jr., Anthony Scott | 8 | | (Kim) Hopwood, and Katherine Lynnette Hopwood; 3 | 9 | | grandchildren, Jeremy Simmons, Jordan Hopwood, and Erika | 10 | | Hopwood; 6 siblings, John (Jan) Hopwood, Dorothy (Jim) Freeman, | 11 | | Linda Hawker, Nancy Hopwood, Mary (Bob) Christians, and Dee | 12 | | (Marion) Ring; numerous nieces and nephews; and his special | 13 | | friends, Jerry, Charlene, and Brandon Gibson; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 16 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ronald E. Hopwood, | 17 | | Sr.; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Ronald Hopwood, Sr. as an expression | 20 | | of our sympathy.
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