Full Text of HR0274 95th General Assembly
HR0274 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of retired | 4 |
| Judge and former State Representative Rolland F. Tipsword of | 5 |
| Taylorville, who passed away on April 5, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born August 19, 1925, in Monticello, the | 7 |
| son of Leo Clemit and Jossie Banning Fortner Tipsword; he | 8 |
| graduated from Beecher City Community Unit High School in 1943 | 9 |
| and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Idaho in | 10 |
| 1949, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; he | 11 |
| graduated with honors from Northwestern University School of | 12 |
| Law in Chicago in 1951; and
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| WHEREAS, He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in September | 14 |
| of 1951;
Mr. Tipsword served as Clerk to Illinois Supreme Court | 15 |
| Justice Harry Hershey from the years 1951 to 1954 and 1957 to | 16 |
| 1960; he later became an associate partner in the Hershey & | 17 |
| Bliss Law Firm; he served as Christian County State's Attorney | 18 |
| during the years of 1960 to 1966; he was a partner in the | 19 |
| Tipsword & Fraley Law Firm, which later became the Coale, | 20 |
| Taylor, Tipsword, Fraley & Doyle Law Firm;
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tipsword was elected to the Illinois House of | 22 |
| Representatives, serving Districts 50 and 51 during the years |
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| 1966 to 1979; he served as Circuit Judge, 4th Judicial District | 2 |
| of Illinois from 1983 to 1993; he served on the Illinois | 3 |
| Supreme Court Committee to prepare first Illinois pattern jury | 4 |
| instructions; he was elected as a delegate to the 1980 | 5 |
| Democratic National Convention; he was Past President of the | 6 |
| Christian County, Illinois Bar Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Tipsword was extremely active in the Grand | 8 |
| Chapter Order of the Eastern Star of Illinois and the Grand | 9 |
| Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Illinois; he | 10 |
| received the Meritorious Service Award in 1975 and the 33rd | 11 |
| Degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Northern Masonic | 12 |
| Jurisdiction in 1977; he also served as Worthy Grand Patron of | 13 |
| the Order of the Eastern Star in 1970; he was a member of the | 14 |
| Haslemere Chapter 221 in Taylorville, and a member of the White | 15 |
| Shrine of Jerusalem in Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Rolland Tipsword was a member of the First | 17 |
| Presbyterian Church, where he served as a past Deacon and | 18 |
| Elder; he was a member of Taylorville Elks Club, Taylorville | 19 |
| Eagles Club, Taylorville Moose Club, American Legion, and the | 20 |
| VFW; he was a charter member of the Taylorville Kiwanis Club; | 21 |
| and he served in the United States Navy, Pacific Theatre, | 22 |
| during the years of 1942 to 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Tipsword never married; surviving are several |
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| cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| mourn, along with his family, friends, and the people of the | 5 |
| City of Taylorville, the passing of Rolland Tipsword and extend | 6 |
| our sincere condolences to all who knew him at this time; and | 7 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the Coale, Taylor, Tipsword, Fraley & Doyle Law | 10 |
| Firm as a symbol of our sympathy.
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