Full Text of SR1538 101st 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 Charles Morgan Sayre, D.D.S., who passed | 4 | | away on August 4, 2020 at the age of 97; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Sayre was born to Florence and Dr. | 6 | | Loren Sayre of Oak Park on June 8, 1923; he graduated from Oak | 7 | | Park River Forest High School, where he lettered in football, | 8 | | tennis, and track; he earned the rank of Eagle Scout; he | 9 | | attended Northwestern University and the Northwestern | 10 | | University Dental School; he married Ruth Ella Evans; together, | 11 | | they had five children and lived in Oak Park before moving to | 12 | | River Forest, where the pair lived in the same home for over 50 | 13 | | years; he served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War | 14 | | II; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre dedicated much of his business life to | 16 | | dentistry in both his Chicago office in the Marshall Field | 17 | | Annex for over 50 years and as a professor at the Loyola | 18 | | University School of Dentistry; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre was an active member in the River | 20 | | Forest, Oak Park, and Chicago communities for over 50 years; he | 21 | | was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Park and | 22 | | then the First Presbyterian Church of River Forest, where he |
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| 1 | | served as a deacon and elder for many years; he joined the | 2 | | River Forest Tennis Club in the 1960s and could usually be | 3 | | found there after office hours; he played tennis well into his | 4 | | late 80s and was a founding member of the Tennis and Fitness | 5 | | Centre in Oak Park; he was an avid scuba diver and an | 6 | | accomplished water skier; he was a member of the Oak Park Club | 7 | | and the Oak Park Country Club; he volunteered with many | 8 | | community organizations; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre was preceded in death by his wife of 55 | 10 | | years, Ruth Ella Evans Sayre; his daughter, Marla Roxanne | 11 | | Sayre; his granddaughter, Katie Suzanne Satkamp; his sister, | 12 | | Lois Mildred Sayre Rainer; and his brother, Loren Don Sayre; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre is survived by his children, Ronda | 15 | | (Steve) Satkamp, Cheryl (Walter) Collins, Harlan Sayre, and | 16 | | Kimm (Judy) Sayre; his grandchildren, Shannan (Steve) Bishop, | 17 | | Amy (Keg) Avakian, Mandy Wichman, Lissa (Adam) Blake, Carrie | 18 | | (Chad) Cooper, Abbie (Vic) Zulim, Cray Buresh, Zachary Sayre, | 19 | | Matthew Sayre, Meredith Sayre, Mallorie Sayre, and Morgan | 20 | | Sayre; his great-grandchildren, Ellie Bishop, Chloe Bishop, | 21 | | Madison Bishop, KJ Avakian, Michael Avakian, Suzy Avakian, | 22 | | Charlie Wichman, Jack Wichman, Lucie Blake, Emerson Blake, | 23 | | Cailyn Cooper, Caycee Cooper, Joey Zulim, and Connor Zulim; | 24 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Charles Morgan Sayre, D.D.S. and extend our sincere condolences | 4 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Dr. Sayre as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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