Bill Text: IL SR0445 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Richard C. "Dick" Sorensen of Marengo.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-11-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0445 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0445-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 Richard C. "Dick" Sorensen of Marengo, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on October 23, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born May 2, 1937, in Harvard, to Lyle and | ||||||
| 6 | Lucille (Nates) Sorensen; on March 21, 1974, he married Dolores | ||||||
| 7 | Behrens; he was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Harvard | ||||||
| 8 | and the Harvard Moose for more than 40 years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, He was a car dealer for 52 years and worked as a | ||||||
| 10 | manager for several auto dealerships throughout the area, | ||||||
| 11 | including Burkharts in Harvard; he owned and operated Dick | ||||||
| 12 | Sorensen Pontiac, Buick & GMC in Oregon and Dick Sorensen Auto | ||||||
| 13 | Sales in Marengo for many years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He enjoyed collecting classic cars, remodeling | ||||||
| 15 | homes, traveling, and spending time with his family and | ||||||
| 16 | friends; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Lyle and | ||||||
| 18 | Lucille Sorensen; his brother, Robert Sorensen; and his sons, | ||||||
| 19 | Steve Behrens and Billy Behrens; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Richard Sorensen is survived by the love of his | ||||||
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| 1 | life, his wife of 38 years, Dee; his children and special | ||||||
| 2 | daughter and caregiver, Tammy O'Neill, Peggy Socha , Rick | ||||||
| 3 | (Lori) Sorensen, Vickie (Don) Redner, Pat (Dick) Peterson, Andy | ||||||
| 4 | Sorensen, Tom Sorensen, and Nick Sorensen; his 27 | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren; his 10 great-grandchildren; his sisters-in-law, | ||||||
| 6 | Evelyn (Hank) Sale, Eleanor Phelps, and Hazel Laue; his special | ||||||
| 7 | friend, Coco; and his close friends, June Meyer, Rob and Tonya | ||||||
| 8 | Proffitt, Randy and Carrie Trebes, the Larry Dauphin family, | ||||||
| 9 | and many other friends; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 12 | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Sorensen; and be | ||||||
| 13 | it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Richard Sorensen as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 16 | sincere sympathy.
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