Bill Text: IL SR0715 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Richard Marks Joy of Champaign.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR0715 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SR0715-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Richard Marks "Dick" Joy of Champaign,
who passed away on July 3, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Richard Joy was born in Elmhurst to Clifford
Whitney and Phyllis Rose Marks Joy; he graduated from York High
School in Elmhurst, the University of Michigan, and the
University of Illinois College of Law, where he was an editor
of the law review; and
WHEREAS, Richard Joy clerked for Illinois Supreme Court
Chief Justice Robert C. Underwood; he was a former partner at
the law firm of Dobbins, Fraker, Tennant, Joy, & Perlstein in
Champaign, and most recently, a partner at Tummelson Bryan &
Knox in Urbana; and
WHEREAS, Richard Joy was an active member of his community,
chairing committees and serving on various boards; and
WHEREAS, Richard Joy loved to travel and delighted in
seeing the world with both of his wives; he was an avid reader,
with subscriptions to dozens of magazines and newspapers, all
of which he would regularly tear apart in order to share
different articles with his network of friends, family, and

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acquaintances; he enjoyed playing golf and sleeping on the
couch while golf was on television; he was a passionate
Fighting Illini fan with season tickets to both football and
basketball for 50 years; and
WHEREAS, Richard Joy was preceded in death by his wife of
37 years, Diane Bound Joy; and
WHEREAS, Richard Joy is survived by his wife of eight
years, Genevieve Kottemann Joy; his son, Stephen, his wife,
Barbara, and their son, Oliver; his son, David, and his wife,
Megan; his stepson, Rudy, his wife, Emily, and their daughters,
Amber, Subree, and Claire; his stepdaughter, Marnie Wells, and
her husband, David; his sister-in-law, Mary Montie, and her
family; and his sisters, Dee Joy Coulter, Sue Joy-Sobota, Jinny
LaRock, and Sally McKittrick and their families; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Richard Marks "Dick" Joy, and extend our sincere condolences to
his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Richard Joy as an expression of our

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deepest sympathy.