Full Text of SR0377 093rd General Assembly
SR0377 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with great sadness of the passing of Eugene G. Griffin | 4 |
| of Aurora on November 22, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Griffin was born on August 24, 1934 in | 6 |
| Evanston to Timothy J. and Bernadette (Lavin) Griffin; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Griffin graduated from high school in | 8 |
| Knoxville, Tennessee and attended Notre Dame University; while | 9 |
| at Notre Dame, he was the sports editor for the Golden Dome | 10 |
| yearbook and was a member of the editorial board of the Notre | 11 |
| Dame Lawyer, a student law publication; in 1957, he received a | 12 |
| bachelor's degree, graduating with honors, and in 1958, he | 13 |
| graduated from the Notre Dame Law School; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Griffin was united in marriage to Sue Corcoran | 15 |
| in 1958 in Sibley, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to establishing his law practice in Aurora, | 17 |
| Mr. Griffin worked for the legal division of the Tennessee | 18 |
| Valley Authority; he was later appointed as a legal assistant | 19 |
| to the Honorable Raymond J. Kelly, a member of the U.S. | 20 |
| District Court, for the disposition of litigation before the | 21 |
| Alaskan Federal Court as Alaska was transitioning from | 22 |
| territorial to statehood status; in addition, he served as an | 23 |
| assistant Kane County State's Attorney and subsequently was | 24 |
| associated with several law firms during his legal career; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Griffin enjoyed coaching and watching his | 26 |
| children play sports; he was a Past President of the West | 27 |
| Aurora Sports Booster Club; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Eugene G. Griffin has been deeply | 29 |
| felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Sue |
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| Griffin; his children, Mike (Helen) Griffin, Tom (Rose) | 2 |
| Griffin, Jim (Cathie) Griffin, Tim (Kris) Griffin, and Molly | 3 |
| (Sean) King; his brother, Edward (Molly) Griffin; his | 4 |
| sisters-in-law, Ann (Saul) Cooper and Elizabeth Pruitt; his | 5 |
| mother-in-law, Ruth Corcoran; his 14 grandchildren; his niece; | 6 |
| his nephews; and his many cousins; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and a | 8 |
| brother, Thomas; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 11 |
| Eugene G. Griffin along with all who knew and loved him and | 12 |
| extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | 13 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Eugene G. Griffin as an expression | 16 |
| of our deepest sympathy.
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