Bill Text: IL SR0607 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dennis Murphy of Willow Springs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-23 - Resolution Adopted [SR0607 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0607-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 Dennis Murphy of Willow Springs, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 12, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was born in 1943 in Elkhart, | ||||||
| 6 | Indiana, to Wilbur and Caroljean Murphy; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Elkhart High School in 1961 and received his Bachelor of | ||||||
| 8 | Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in | ||||||
| 9 | West Lafayette, Indiana; he earned his Master's Degree in | ||||||
| 10 | Business Administration from Northwestern University in | ||||||
| 11 | Evanston; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy spent most of his business career as | ||||||
| 13 | the senior staff accountant for Commonwealth Edison, Chicago; | ||||||
| 14 | during his retirement years, he tutored students and was a | ||||||
| 15 | substitute teacher at The Avery Coonley School for the Gifted | ||||||
| 16 | in Downers Grove and at Lyons Township High School in La | ||||||
| 17 | Grange; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy had a passion for American history | ||||||
| 19 | and would accompany his wife and her Avery Coonley | ||||||
| 20 | seventh-grade students on their annual trip to Washington, | ||||||
| 21 | D.C.; he was an avid golfer and served on the Board of | ||||||
| 22 | Directors of Ruth Lake Country Club and The Fairway Club in | ||||||
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| 1 | Willow Springs; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was a fan of Purdue and Duke | ||||||
| 3 | basketball; he also enjoyed fishing, the outdoors, and taking | ||||||
| 4 | care of others; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 6 | and by his mother and father-in-law, Bernice and Jack Lask; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy is survived by his wife of 44 years, | ||||||
| 8 | Deborah (nee Lask); his daughters, Kristin Murphy and Laura | ||||||
| 9 | (James) Ferri; his grandchildren, Samuel, Thomas, and Lucy | ||||||
| 10 | Ferri; and his sister-in-law, Barbara (Don) Neimann; | ||||||
| 11 | therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Dennis Murphy, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Dennis Murphy as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our deepest sympathy.
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