Bill Text: IL SR0485 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Richard Darrell Madison of Edwardsville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR0485 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0485-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 Darrell Madison of Edwardsville, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on December 6, 2011; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Richard Madison was born on August 10, 1937, in | ||||||
6 | Pleasant Hill; he was the son of the late William and Cordelia | ||||||
7 | (Zumwalt) Madison; he married Carol Ann Layton on November 21, | ||||||
8 | 1956; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Richard Madison was a graduate of Edwardsville | ||||||
10 | High School and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; | ||||||
11 | he subsequently moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he | ||||||
12 | worked as the Program Director at Louisiana State University | ||||||
13 | from 1964 to 1966; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Richard Madison served as director of the student | ||||||
15 | center at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, where | ||||||
16 | he worked from 1966 until 1992; he was the director of student | ||||||
17 | housing at the university at the time of his retirement; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Richard Madison served as an Edwardsville City | ||||||
19 | Alderman for 14 years; he served on the Board of the | ||||||
20 | Edwardsville Public Library, where he was heavily involved in | ||||||
21 | the construction of the library's new addition; he was also a |
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1 | member of the ESIC Baptist Church and the Edwardsville Rotary | ||||||
2 | Club; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Richard Madison is survived by his wife; his son, | ||||||
4 | Richard D. (Nina) Madison II; his daughters, Marilyn L. (Chris) | ||||||
5 | Collins and Nicole B. Madison; his grandchildren, Richard Paul | ||||||
6 | (Marci) Madison, Christina Nicole (Brett) Sheroky, and | ||||||
7 | Christopher and Adam Collins; and his great-grandchildren, | ||||||
8 | Richard Tanner Madison and Colton Ryan Madison; therefore, be | ||||||
9 | 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 Darrell Madison; | ||||||
13 | and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Richard Madison as an expression of | ||||||
16 | our sympathy.
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