Full Text of SR0640 94th General Assembly
SR0640 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Arnold | 4 |
| "Arnie" Millen, who passed away on on December 7, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Millen was born on May 16, 1928, in Aurora, to | 6 |
| Catherine and John Millen; he graduated from Marmion Military | 7 |
| Academy in 1946; he married the former Doris S. Minnich on | 8 |
| February 26, 1949, and they went on to have a total of 9 sons, 5 | 9 |
| daughters, and 22 grandchildren; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Millen lived in Aurora for the first 10 years | 11 |
| of his marriage, where he was active in the St. Joseph's Holy | 12 |
| Name Society, the St. Joseph's Catholic Church Building Fund | 13 |
| Committee and the Knights of Columbus; he was a member of the | 14 |
| Phoenix Club and later became active in Our Lady of Good | 15 |
| Counsel Church; at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mr. Millen was the | 16 |
| president of the Holy Name Society, an active member of the | 17 |
| Christian Family Movement, and the chairman of the Our Lady of | 18 |
| Good Counsel pledge drive to build the Our Lady of Good Counsel | 19 |
| Catholic School; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Millen was a plumbing fitting salesman, who | 21 |
| opened his own business, Hydronic Supply Company, in Aurora in | 22 |
| 1965, selling plumbing supplies to building contractors and | 23 |
| plumbers; prior to starting his own business, Mr. Millen worked | 24 |
| as one of the top salesman for Builders Plumbing and Heating | 25 |
| Supply Co., out of Chicago; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, His quick wit and charming smile made him a | 27 |
| natural salesman, but it was his reputation for being a fair | 28 |
| and honest man that earned him the loyalty of his customers; | 29 |
| Mr. Millen sold his business in 1982 and began working as a | 30 |
| salesman for Kitchen Distributors of America (KDA) on New York | 31 |
| Street in Aurora; that business later moved to a site near Fox |
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| WHEREAS, As an avid golfer, Mr. Millen achieved the | 3 |
| remarkable feat of capturing 6 holes-in-one during his | 4 |
| lifetime; his last hole-in-one was shot on October 18, 2005 at | 5 |
| Canoa Hills in Green Valley, AZ; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Millen was a member of Our Lady of Fatima | 7 |
| Catholic Church in Tuscon, AZ; at the end of his life, he | 8 |
| supported a new inner city school, San Miguel Catholic H.S., so | 9 |
| that young people could learn more about the Catholic faith and | 10 |
| have the insights necessary to maintain their faith as they got | 11 |
| older and faced some of life's challenges; and
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| WHEREAS, He is preceded in death by his parents; his | 13 |
| brother, Ray; his sister, Corinne Millen Rowe; and his son, | 14 |
| Joseph Arnold Millen; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Arnold Millen will be felt by all | 16 |
| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Doris S. Millen; | 17 |
| his sons, Michael J. Millen, Anthony P. Millen, James E. | 18 |
| (Laura) Millen, Daniel E. (Joy) Millen, David W. (Pat) Millen, | 19 |
| Gregory A. Millen, Samuel A. (Laura) Millen, Andrew J. (Jenny) | 20 |
| Millen; his daughters, Susan A. (Tim) Welsh, Eileen (Bob) | 21 |
| Goins, Linda (Gary) Schwartz, Marie Millen Page, and Carolyn | 22 |
| (Peter) Krysciak; his grandchildren, Melanie M. Welsh, Rory M. | 23 |
| Welsh, Bridget M. Welsh, Carolyn M. Welsh, Nicholas P. Welsh, | 24 |
| Christopher M. Goins, Dawn G. Gray, Dustin Millen Brozenec, | 25 |
| Natalie M. Schwartz , Aaron M. Schwartz, Kristy M. Millen, | 26 |
| Nicole Alexander, Angelica F. Millen, Frances Millen, Amanda R. | 27 |
| Millen, Ryan D. Millen, Adam P. Page, Austin K. Page, Erika J. | 28 |
| Millen, Alexandra L. Millen, Elizabeth S. Millen, and Max | 29 |
| Millen; his 3 great-grandchildren; his sister, Helen Millen | 30 |
| Windisch; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 |
| all who knew and loved him, the death of Arnold "Arnie" Millen; | 3 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the family of Arnold "Arnie" Millen as an | 6 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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