Bill Text: IL SR1395 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Stephen Mark Holy of Champaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-28 - Resolution Adopted [SR1395 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1395-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 Stephen Mark "Steve" Holy of Champaign, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on December 13, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Steve Holy was born in Urbana on January 16, 1954 | ||||||
6 | to Fred and Ethelyeen (nee Hoppler) Holy; he went to Garden | ||||||
7 | Hills Elementary School and graduated from Champaign Central | ||||||
8 | High School in 1972; he earned an Associate in Graphic Design | ||||||
9 | at Parkland College and his bachelor's degree in legal studies | ||||||
10 | from Kaplan University; he married Jeanne Brown in 1974; he | ||||||
11 | married Kristen Fischer on May 5, 2005; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Steve Holy worked for Kraft, Champaign Audio | ||||||
13 | Visual, Digital Media Group, the Police Training Institute, and | ||||||
14 | finally the Erwin, Martinkus & Cole Law Firm; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Steve Holy was a lifelong practitioner of martial | ||||||
16 | arts and a teacher; he was martial arts director at the | ||||||
17 | Guardian Dragon Dojo, Yon-Dan (fourth degree-Isshin-Ryu | ||||||
18 | Karate) and second-generation black belt under Grandmaster | ||||||
19 | Shimabuku; he also taught self-defense classes at Parkland | ||||||
20 | College and Urbana Adult Education; in recent years, he | ||||||
21 | provided private firearm training and self-defense lessons; | ||||||
22 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, Steve Holy enjoyed classic rock music and sci-fi | ||||||
2 | movies and was passionate about firing guns at his private | ||||||
3 | shooting range; he enjoyed making home improvements and | ||||||
4 | upgrading his and Kristen's rural property; he loved animals, | ||||||
5 | especially Cassie, the dog he and Kris adopted from the | ||||||
6 | Champaign County Humane Society; he was fond of family | ||||||
7 | gatherings, often hosting them with Kristen in their home; he | ||||||
8 | especially liked seeing his sons every Thursday night for the | ||||||
9 | gathering of the "Holy Men"; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Steve Holy was preceded in death by his | ||||||
11 | grandparents, Harold and Gertrude (Dorsey) Hoppler and Josef | ||||||
12 | and Millie (Rehor) Holy; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Steve Holy is survived by his wife, Kristen; his | ||||||
14 | sons, Matt Holy (Kara Beyer) and Patrick Holy (Aimee Densmore); | ||||||
15 | his parents; his 2 sisters, Eileen Miller (Thomas Miller) and | ||||||
16 | Ellen Holy (Greg Sellers); his sister-in-law, Hannah Bonicatto | ||||||
17 | (Dan Bonicatto) and her sons, Tony Ehl and Andy Ehl; his | ||||||
18 | sister-in-law, Jackie Myers (Paulette Ratkovich); his | ||||||
19 | brother-in-law, Jonathan Fischer (Vi); his many aunts, uncles, | ||||||
20 | and cousins; and Cassie, his faithful canine; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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1 | Stephen Mark "Steve" Holy, 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 Steve Holy as an expression of our | ||||||
6 | deepest sympathy.
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