Full Text of SR0867 95th General Assembly
SR0867 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison was born in New Orleans, | 3 |
| Louisiana on January 14, 1928 to Robert and Lillian Ellison; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison moved with his family to | 6 |
| Chicago, where he was raised in the Englewood community and | 7 |
| attended Englewood and Dunbar High Schools; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison began his military career | 9 |
| in the United States Navy in 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison played with the Navy's | 11 |
| football team as a half back and traveled extensively; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison successfully completed | 13 |
| several tours of duty, including service during the Korean War | 14 |
| and the Vietnam War; after serving his country for 28 years, he | 15 |
| proudly accepted his honorable discharge in 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison married the love of his | 17 |
| life, Youko Amai, on April 12, 1954; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison and Youko Amai's union was | 19 |
| anointed with the birth of their son, Warren Shelley Ellison, |
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| on May 12, 1958; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison began a new career in 1975 | 3 |
| with the Drug Enforcement Administration, where he worked in | 4 |
| communications with the Tactical Enforcement Group until his | 5 |
| retirement in 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison was a hard-working and | 7 |
| family-oriented man who loved jazz music and good food; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison was called for duty in | 9 |
| God's service on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at Metro South | 10 |
| Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison was preceded in death by | 12 |
| his wife, Youko Amai; his parents, Robert and Lillian Ellison; | 13 |
| his oldest brother, John; and his sister, Althia; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Warren Clifford Ellison is survived by his older | 15 |
| brother, Irving (Doris); his loving son, Warren S. Ellison; his | 16 |
| loving grandson, Warren J. Ellison; his loving, God-sent | 17 |
| daughter, Hedy (Eli & Mya); and a host of friends and family; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Warren Clifford Ellison; | 2 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Warren Clifford Ellison as an | 5 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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