Bill Text: IL SR0341 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wilburn "Mac" Sanders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-23 - Resolution Adopted [SR0341 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0341-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Wilburn "Mac" Sanders, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | April 9, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Wilburn Sanders was born on July 7, 1932 in | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago; his parents were Henry Sanders and Emma Emily Hunt | ||||||
| 7 | Sanders; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Wilburn Sanders grew up in the Morgan Park | ||||||
| 9 | community and attended John D. Shoop Elementary School and | ||||||
| 10 | Morgan Park High School, where he excelled in sports, including | ||||||
| 11 | baseball and basketball; during his childhood, he attended Beth | ||||||
| 12 | Eden Baptist Church with his siblings; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After high school, Wilburn Sanders worked for a | ||||||
| 14 | brief time at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant; in 1952, | ||||||
| 15 | he was drafted into the United States Army, serving during the | ||||||
| 16 | height of the Korean War; after his discharge from the Army, he | ||||||
| 17 | continued working at the Ford plant until 1956, when he joined | ||||||
| 18 | the Chicago Police Department; he served at the Department with | ||||||
| 19 | distinction until his retirement in 1986; he then worked in | ||||||
| 20 | security for the McCormick Place Convention Center until his | ||||||
| 21 | final retirement in 1996; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Wilburn Sanders was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 2 | parents; his siblings, Shirley Richardson and Oswald Sanders; | ||||||
| 3 | and his first wife, Catherine Macklin; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Wilburn Sanders is survived by his devoted wife, | ||||||
| 5 | Paula; 2 children, Kevin (Audrey) Sanders and Kitty (Robert) | ||||||
| 6 | Collins; 4 grandchildren, Kevin and Yvonne Sanders and Paige | ||||||
| 7 | and Bobby Collins; his siblings, George Sanders, Ronald (Burma) | ||||||
| 8 | Sanders, Wilma Scott, and Elizabeth (Earl) Bowen; 4 | ||||||
| 9 | great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and | ||||||
| 10 | friends; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Wilburn "Mac" Sanders; | ||||||
| 14 | and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Wilburn Sanders as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our sympathy.
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