Bill Text: IL SR0537 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Paul Leroy Brumbaugh.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0537 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0537-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Paul Leroy Brumbaugh, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on July 25, 2023; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Paul Brumbaugh was born to Esther May Van Dyke | ||||||
6 | Brumbaugh and Benjamin Brumbaugh in Canton, Ohio on September | ||||||
7 | 16, 1941; he was academically minded, committing himself to | ||||||
8 | the study of theology, politics, history, and nature; he | ||||||
9 | graduated from Manchester College in 1965 with a Bachelor of | ||||||
10 | Arts in Religion and Philosophy and from Bethany Seminary in | ||||||
11 | 1969 with a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry; he | ||||||
12 | married Dorothy Brumbaugh in June 1963; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Paul Brumbaugh first worked as a minister for the | ||||||
14 | Champaign Church of the Brethren and then found a better fit as | ||||||
15 | a counselor with the Illinois Department of Corrections | ||||||
16 | Juvenile Division, retiring in 2000; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Paul Brumbaugh grew up attending the Church of | ||||||
18 | the Brethren and joined the Universalist Unitarian Church of | ||||||
19 | Joliet in 1980, where he served in many capacities, including | ||||||
20 | as director of Religious Education and board president; he was | ||||||
21 | very active in supporting social justice issues; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Paul Brumbaugh enjoyed reading, researching | ||||||
2 | Joliet and family histories, and square dancing with his wife; | ||||||
3 | he collected antique bottles, antique post cards and old | ||||||
4 | books; in his later years, he was known for wearing comedic | ||||||
5 | T-shirts, making fun of growing old; he maintained his sense | ||||||
6 | of humor to the very end of his life; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Paul Brumbaugh was preceded in death by his | ||||||
8 | parents; his half siblings, Mary Helen Stahl, Wilbur | ||||||
9 | Brumbaugh, Lester Brumbaugh, Robert Brumbaugh, and Harry | ||||||
10 | Brumbaugh; his sister, Eileen Steinbach; and his son, Martin | ||||||
11 | Christopher Brumbaugh; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Paul Brumbaugh is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
13 | daughter, Joy Christine McEwen; his daughter-in-law, Dawn | ||||||
14 | Marie Brumbaugh; his grandchildren, John Joseph, Julian Randa | ||||||
15 | V, Emily Chambers, Leo Sebastian Brumbaugh, Gabriel L. | ||||||
16 | Brumbaugh, and Catrina Brumbaugh; his great-grandsons, | ||||||
17 | Sullivan Randa and Gannicus Chambers; and his nieces and | ||||||
18 | nephews; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
21 | Paul Leroy Brumbaugh and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
22 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
23 | further
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