Bill Text: IL SR0637 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Calvin Marcum, former Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Aurora.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [SR0637 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0637-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 Calvin Marcum of Aurora, former Senior | ||||||
| 4 | Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, who passed away | ||||||
| 5 | on January 30, 2010; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, He served as Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian | ||||||
| 7 | Church from 1962 to 1982; he is remembered for his sermons and | ||||||
| 8 | compassionate counsel; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, He was remembered for inventing the Gee Dunk, a | ||||||
| 10 | family dessert consisting of ice cream, Hershey's chocolate | ||||||
| 11 | syrup, and peanuts, with Coke poured over it; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, He loved attending the inaugurations for American | ||||||
| 13 | presidents, and attended all of them from 1969 to 2005; he was | ||||||
| 14 | in ill health and could not attend President Obama's, so his | ||||||
| 15 | family went for him; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, He was a lifelong admirer of President Abraham | ||||||
| 17 | Lincoln and was laid to rest next to his parents in Oak Ridge | ||||||
| 18 | Cemetery in Springfield, the final resting place of President | ||||||
| 19 | Lincoln; his final wish was that his family meet at a | ||||||
| 20 | Springfield Steak'n Shake after the interment; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Pastor Marcum is survived by his wife, Twyla; | ||||||
| 2 | Pastor Marcum was the father of three proud children, Gwen | ||||||
| 3 | (Reverend Andrew) Morgan, Donald (Margaret) Marcum, and Stacey | ||||||
| 4 | (Randy) Aspen; his grandchildren are Benjamin Marcum, Dustin | ||||||
| 5 | (Monica) Marcum, Trent (Alison) Taylor, Curt Taylor, Michelle | ||||||
| 6 | (Nathan) Benevelli, Micah Morgan, Sarah Aspen, Derek Smith, | ||||||
| 7 | Rebecca (Steven) Outlaw, and Anna Morgan; he was also the | ||||||
| 8 | loving great-grandfather of Anthony Woolf, and Madison and Emma | ||||||
| 9 | Outlaw; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 12 | his family, friends, and former congregation, the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Pastor Calvin Marcum; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Pastor Calvin Marcum as a symbol of | ||||||
| 16 | our sincere sympathy.
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