Bill Text: IL SR0861 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gerald J. White of Waukegan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0861 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0861-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 Gerald J. White of Waukegan, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on July 30, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Gerald White was born on January 22, 1932 in | ||||||
| 6 | Waukegan; his parents were James and Frances White; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Gerald White served his country as a member of the | ||||||
| 8 | United States Army for 2 years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Gerald White graduated from Waukegan High School | ||||||
| 10 | in 1950; he subsequently earned a bachelor's degree from Notre | ||||||
| 11 | Dame in 1958 and a master's degree from DePaul University; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Gerald White was employed at Abbott Laboratories | ||||||
| 13 | for 2 years; he later taught at St. Mary's High School in Mount | ||||||
| 14 | Clemmons, Michigan for 4 years and at North Chicago High School | ||||||
| 15 | for 30 years, teaching United States history and coaching | ||||||
| 16 | baseball; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Gerald White was a counselor at the Culver | ||||||
| 18 | Military Academy's Woodcraft Summer Camp for 20 years; he | ||||||
| 19 | volunteered with the SPRED program at Most Blessed Trinity for | ||||||
| 20 | many years; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Gerald White loved taking yearly trips to British | ||||||
| 2 | Columbia and hiked in the mountains; he also enjoyed attending | ||||||
| 3 | Notre Dame football games and the Chicago White Sox; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Gerald White is survived by a sister, Rhea White; | ||||||
| 5 | his cousins, Violet Gibbs, Ralph Kenyon, Robert White, | ||||||
| 6 | Marylinda Snow, Constance Wahlin, William Blake, Roger | ||||||
| 7 | Grodeon, Ty Grodeon, Jeannine Gibbs-Heart, Kathleen (Roy) | ||||||
| 8 | Anderson and her family, Richard (Candace) Kenyon and his | ||||||
| 9 | family, Philip (Kimberly) Kenyon, and Mary (Robert) Fritz and | ||||||
| 10 | her family; and his beloved dog, Ginger; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Gerald J. White; and | ||||||
| 14 | be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Gerald White as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | sympathy.
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