Bill Text: IL HR0505 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bruce Simon of Springfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0505 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0505-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bruce | ||||||
4 | Simon of Springfield, who passed away on October 23, 2023; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon was born to Fred and Nancy (Fell) | ||||||
6 | Simon in Chicago on December 9, 1948; he earned his bachelor's | ||||||
7 | degree in political science from Indiana State University, | ||||||
8 | where he was student body president; he served as a medic and | ||||||
9 | drug counselor in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War; he | ||||||
10 | married Marguerite Feeley on July 25, 1987; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon worked for Indiana U.S. Senator Vance | ||||||
12 | Hartke and then as a legislative liaison at a variety of state | ||||||
13 | agencies providing human services; after leaving state | ||||||
14 | government, he had a successful career as a lobbyist for more | ||||||
15 | than 25 years, primarily representing clients in healthcare | ||||||
16 | related fields; he was also a co-founder of The Association of | ||||||
17 | Safety Net Community Hospitals in Illinois and helped to | ||||||
18 | establish the Medicaid data warehouse; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon was involved in many community | ||||||
20 | programs, including serving as a member of the Springfield | ||||||
21 | Public School Foundation; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon was the recipient of many awards for | ||||||
2 | outstanding public service; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon was a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan, | ||||||
4 | and he was a proud founding member of the bipartisan White Sox | ||||||
5 | Caucus in Springfield; he cherished spending time with his | ||||||
6 | family, including going to the movies and on family vacations | ||||||
7 | to Disney World, Coronado, Michigan, and Ireland; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon will be remembered as a selfless, | ||||||
9 | thoughtful, and compassionate man; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
11 | his brothers, Ed Simon and Bobby Simon; his nephew, Tom | ||||||
12 | Zimmerman; and his parents-in-law, Jim Feeley and Mary Beth | ||||||
13 | Feeley; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Bruce Simon is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
15 | children, Eileen (Patrick) Besler, Mary Kate Simon, and | ||||||
16 | Michael Simon; his grandchildren, Peter Patrick and William | ||||||
17 | Bruce Besler; his sisters, Leslie (Bob) Zimmerman and Mary | ||||||
18 | (Mike) Groves; his brothers, Dave (Karen) Simon, Gerry (Donna) | ||||||
19 | Simon, Mike Simon, and Danny (Alison) Simon; his aunt, Fran | ||||||
20 | Fell; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law, | ||||||
21 | and sisters-in-law; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
2 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we mourn the passing of Bruce Simon and extend our sincere | ||||||
4 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
5 | him; and be it further
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