Bill Text: IL SR1479 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John Robert Lawrence of Bloomington.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1479 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1479-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 Robert Lawrence of Bloomington, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on October 8, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Lawrence was born in Rockford to Robert A. | ||||||
6 | and Olive Safford Lawrence on May 24, 1932; he graduated from | ||||||
7 | West High School in Rockford in 1950; he received a Bachelor of | ||||||
8 | Arts from Knox College in Galesburg in 1954 with a commission | ||||||
9 | as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry U.S. Army; he married Winifred | ||||||
10 | Gillen at the historic Old Main at Knox College on September | ||||||
11 | 24, 1954; after training at Ft. Benning, he was stationed in | ||||||
12 | Germany with the 9th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation; he | ||||||
13 | also served with the 1st, 8th, and 10th Infantry Divisions in | ||||||
14 | command staff and communications assignments; and
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15 | WHEREAS, John Lawrence left the military in 1962, and he | ||||||
16 | joined the Admissions Office of MacMurray College in | ||||||
17 | Jacksonville; he returned to Knox College and served as the | ||||||
18 | Associate Director of Admissions for 12 years; he then became | ||||||
19 | Assistant to the Dean of a medical division of New York | ||||||
20 | University; later, he went into business as a business forms | ||||||
21 | designer; he was appointed as an instructor in the Department | ||||||
22 | of Dietetics at Western Illinois University and had great fun | ||||||
23 | with non-credit courses in which he and many local cooks taught |
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1 | each other; and
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2 | WHEREAS, John Lawrence and Winifred retired to Colchester, | ||||||
3 | where they became frequent visitors at Damones Restaurant, | ||||||
4 | owned at that time by his son, Bill, and his wife, Jan; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Lawrence was active in the Kiwanis Club in | ||||||
6 | Normal and with Senior Professionals at Illinois State | ||||||
7 | University; he was also an active member of the Strategy and | ||||||
8 | Planning Council, Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois | ||||||
9 | State University; and
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10 | WHEREAS, John Lawrence was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
11 | Winifred; his parents; and his sisters, Mary and Roberta; and
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12 | WHEREAS, John Lawrence is survived by his sister, Ruth | ||||||
13 | Ives; his son and daughter-in-law, Robert F. "Bob" and Ellen | ||||||
14 | Lawrence, and their children, Christopher, Bobby, Katy, and | ||||||
15 | Tom; his daughter and son-in-law, Jane and David Beveridge, and | ||||||
16 | their daughters, Wendy and Gail; his son and daughter-in-law, | ||||||
17 | Bill and Jan Lawrence, and their children, John, Kate, and | ||||||
18 | Kristen; and 13 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
21 | John Robert Lawrence and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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1 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
2 | further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of John Lawrence as an expression of | ||||||
5 | our deepest sympathy.
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