Bill Text: IL SR0750 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John D. Purdy, formerly of Hinsdale.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0750 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0750-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
John D. Purdy, formerly of Hinsdale, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on March 16, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, John Purdy was born on July 22, 1917, in Highland | ||||||
| 6 | Park; he married his loving wife, Marjorie, in 1939; he | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in | ||||||
| 8 | 1936 and attended Yale University; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, John Purdy was employed for 24 years in the steel | ||||||
| 10 | pipe fabricating business; in 1962, after many years of | ||||||
| 11 | volunteer service, he decided to spend the rest of his career | ||||||
| 12 | working in human services; he worked first with the Community | ||||||
| 13 | Renewal Society as Director of Development, and then as | ||||||
| 14 | Associate Executive Director of United Charities of Chicago | ||||||
| 15 | until his retirement in 1982; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, John Purdy was active in the Boy Scouts and the | ||||||
| 17 | Union Church of Hinsdale, where he taught Sunday school and | ||||||
| 18 | served in many leadership positions; he helped to establish the | ||||||
| 19 | Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ in Sanibel, | ||||||
| 20 | Florida in the early 1980s; he was also an active member of the | ||||||
| 21 | Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago and a founding member of the | ||||||
| 22 | Jolly Boys singing group; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, John Purdy was preceded in death by his loving | ||||||
| 2 | wife of 59 years, Marjorie; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, John Purdy is survived by his children, John D. | ||||||
| 4 | Purdy, Jr. and his wife, Anne, Jane H. Purdy, William K. Purdy | ||||||
| 5 | and his wife, Mollie, Meredith P. Clapp and her husband, | ||||||
| 6 | Eugene, M. Hui MacDonagh and her husband, Michael, and | ||||||
| 7 | Elizabeth C. Purdy; his 13 grandchildren; and his 10 | ||||||
| 8 | great-grandchildren; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, John Purdy will be remembered fondly by all who | ||||||
| 10 | knew and loved him for his wonderful sense of humor, his | ||||||
| 11 | booming voice, his love of people, poetry, and music, and his | ||||||
| 12 | kindness to all; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | his family and friends, the passing of John D. Purdy; 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 John Purdy as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | sympathy.
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