Bill Text: IL SR0941 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joseph R. "Joe" Brown Jr. of Troy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0941 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0941-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 Joseph R. "Joe" Brown Jr. of Troy, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 20, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Joe Brown was born in Kansas City, Missouri to | ||||||
| 6 | Joseph Ross and Elizabeth (Etter) Brown Sr.; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Pekin Community High School in 1967; he attended Tulane | ||||||
| 8 | University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English | ||||||
| 9 | Literature in 1971; he then attended law school at the | ||||||
| 10 | University of Illinois; he graduated and became licensed to | ||||||
| 11 | practice law in 1974; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Following graduation, Joe Brown became an | ||||||
| 13 | Assistant States Attorney in Edwardsville, where he handled | ||||||
| 14 | many prosecuting assignments, including felony trials; he then | ||||||
| 15 | worked for Paul E. Riley and J. William Lucco and became a | ||||||
| 16 | partner in 1980; he practiced law in Edwardsville for 39 years | ||||||
| 17 | with his great friend and partner, Bill Lucco; he was a member | ||||||
| 18 | of the Illinois Bar Association, the Madison County Bar | ||||||
| 19 | Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the United States | ||||||
| 20 | Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the United | ||||||
| 21 | States District Court; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Joe Brown was a member of St. Jerome Catholic | ||||||
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| 1 | Church and the Knights of Columbus; in his free time, he | ||||||
| 2 | enjoyed playing golf with the Thursday Night Golf League; he | ||||||
| 3 | was an avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Fighting | ||||||
| 4 | Illini; he will be remembered for his community service, his | ||||||
| 5 | kind heart, and all of the special times he shared with his | ||||||
| 6 | family and friends; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Joe Brown was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Joe Brown is survived by his wife of 41 years, | ||||||
| 10 | Patricia "Patty" (Holshouser) Brown; his daughter, Jennifer | ||||||
| 11 | (Logan) Brown-Ridenour; his grandson, Lincoln Joseph Ridenour; | ||||||
| 12 | his brothers, William (Holly) Brown, Dr. Daniel (Virginia | ||||||
| 13 | Weiler) Brown; his sister, Kristen (Jerry) O'Conner; his | ||||||
| 14 | mother-in-law, Dorothy Holshouser; his brothers-in-law, James | ||||||
| 15 | (Colleen) Holshouser and Robert Holshouser; his nephews, | ||||||
| 16 | Walter (Lynn) Brown, David (Caroline) O'Conner, Mark O'Conner, | ||||||
| 17 | and Philip Brown; his nieces, Shawna (Abby) Holshouser, Jamie | ||||||
| 18 | (Nick) Leidenfrost, Kate Holshouser; and his great-nieces and | ||||||
| 19 | nephews, Leah Brown, Will Brown, Lexi Brown, Wesley O'Conner, | ||||||
| 20 | Elinor O'Conner, Sierra Holshouser, and Alex Leidenfrost; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 23 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
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| 1 | Joseph R. "Joe" Brown Jr., and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 2 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 3 | it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of Joe Brown as an expression of our | ||||||
| 6 | deepest sympathy.
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