Full Text of SR0330 095th General Assembly
SR0330 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
Virgil Boucher of Peoria, who passed away | 4 |
| on August 8, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher was born on October 25, 1909 in | 6 |
| Murphysboro; his parents were John S. and Rachel Lyerla | 7 |
| Boucher; he married Estella Bagley on August 8, 1937 in | 8 |
| Murphysboro; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher graduated from Monmouth College | 10 |
| with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and chemistry; he | 11 |
| earned a master's degree from the University of Iowa in health, | 12 |
| physical education, and recreation and a master's degree from | 13 |
| Bradley University in guidance and counseling; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher taught for 43 years in Illinois | 15 |
| high schools; he was head football coach at Woodruff High | 16 |
| School in Peoria for 20 years and served 10 years as a visiting | 17 |
| counselor; and he was coordinator of a program for crime | 18 |
| prevention and support for senior victims of crime; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher was a member and held various | 20 |
| offices in many community organizations; he was a member of the | 21 |
| Kiwanis Club of Peoria, the Tri-County Heart Association, the |
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| Illinois Affiliate Chapter of the American Heart Board, Peoria | 2 |
| County Precinct Committeeman, the Congressional Awards | 3 |
| Committee, the Peoria Area Retired Teachers Association, the | 4 |
| Illinois Retired Teachers Association, the Forrest Hill United | 5 |
| Methodist Church of Peoria, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, | 6 |
| the Monmouth College Alumni Board, the Illinois Lieutenant | 7 |
| Governor's Legislative Forum, Methodist Hospital Older Adults | 8 |
| Advisory Board, and the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity; he also | 9 |
| served as Director of the Court Counseling Program for Peoria | 10 |
| County and served as a Woodruff High School Key Club advisor; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher received many accolades for his | 13 |
| public service; he was the recipient of the Tom Connor Award | 14 |
| for Volunteer Community Service, the Raymond A. Blunt Award for | 15 |
| Outstanding Service to Key Clubs in the Illinois-Eastern Iowa | 16 |
| District, and the Kiwanis Luis Amados Award; he had also been | 17 |
| honored by the Illinois High Schools Football Coaches' Hall of | 18 |
| Fame, the Monmouth College Graduate M Club Hall of Fame, the | 19 |
| Woodruff High School Hall of Fame, and the Greater Peoria | 20 |
| Sports Hall of Fame; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher served three terms on the Federal | 22 |
| Council on Aging and attended three White House conferences on | 23 |
| aging for the Council; and |
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher was preceded in death by his wife; | 2 |
| his daughter, Judith Chamberlain; and his brothers and sisters; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, Virgil Boucher is survived by several nieces and | 5 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Virgil Boucher; and be | 9 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Virgil Boucher as an expression of | 12 |
| our sympathy.
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