Bill Text: IL SR0587 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Henry Kirke Cushing II of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0587-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 Henry Kirke Cushing II of Oak Park, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on December 21, 2020 at the age of 78; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Henry Cushing was born in Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||
| 6 | on May 12, 1942; he served in the U.S. Air Force; he attended | ||||||
| 7 | the University of Arizona; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Henry Cushing began his career in television at | ||||||
| 9 | KOLD-TV in Tucson, Arizona; he continued on this professional | ||||||
| 10 | path whenever he relocated to a new city, which included | ||||||
| 11 | working at WHDH-TV and WCVP-TV in Boston and sharing his | ||||||
| 12 | talents with Warner Cable in Columbus, Ohio; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Henry Cushing moved to Chicago in 1979, where he | ||||||
| 14 | served as manager of Electronic News Gathering at WLS-TV for | ||||||
| 15 | the next 22 years until his retirement in 2001; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Throughout his career and during retirement, | ||||||
| 17 | Henry Cushing was an active presence in his community; he | ||||||
| 18 | relished spending time with the Boy Scouts of America and | ||||||
| 19 | supporting local charities and churches; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Henry Cushing was well-known for his kindness and | ||||||
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| 1 | generosity, and he carried those attributes into all of his | ||||||
| 2 | social interactions; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Henry Cushing was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 4 | parents, Henry Kirke and Marjorie Estabrook Cushing, and his | ||||||
| 5 | brothers, William H., Reed E., and Michael C.; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Henry Cushing was | ||||||
| 7 | survived by his wife, Janet Jackson Cushing; his sons, David | ||||||
| 8 | (Audra Alessandrone) Jackson and Henry Kirke (Meg Holding) | ||||||
| 9 | Cushing III; and his grandchildren, Jackson and Lucy; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Henry Kirke Cushing II and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 14 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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