Bill Text: IL SR1538 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Dr. Charles Morgan Sayre.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1538 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1538-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 Charles Morgan Sayre, D.D.S., who passed | ||||||
4 | away on August 4, 2020 at the age of 97; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Sayre was born to Florence and Dr. | ||||||
6 | Loren Sayre of Oak Park on June 8, 1923; he graduated from Oak | ||||||
7 | Park River Forest High School, where he lettered in football, | ||||||
8 | tennis, and track; he earned the rank of Eagle Scout; he | ||||||
9 | attended Northwestern University and the Northwestern | ||||||
10 | University Dental School; he married Ruth Ella Evans; together, | ||||||
11 | they had five children and lived in Oak Park before moving to | ||||||
12 | River Forest, where the pair lived in the same home for over 50 | ||||||
13 | years; he served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War | ||||||
14 | II; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre dedicated much of his business life to | ||||||
16 | dentistry in both his Chicago office in the Marshall Field | ||||||
17 | Annex for over 50 years and as a professor at the Loyola | ||||||
18 | University School of Dentistry; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre was an active member in the River | ||||||
20 | Forest, Oak Park, and Chicago communities for over 50 years; he | ||||||
21 | was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Park and | ||||||
22 | then the First Presbyterian Church of River Forest, where he |
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1 | served as a deacon and elder for many years; he joined the | ||||||
2 | River Forest Tennis Club in the 1960s and could usually be | ||||||
3 | found there after office hours; he played tennis well into his | ||||||
4 | late 80s and was a founding member of the Tennis and Fitness | ||||||
5 | Centre in Oak Park; he was an avid scuba diver and an | ||||||
6 | accomplished water skier; he was a member of the Oak Park Club | ||||||
7 | and the Oak Park Country Club; he volunteered with many | ||||||
8 | community organizations; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre was preceded in death by his wife of 55 | ||||||
10 | years, Ruth Ella Evans Sayre; his daughter, Marla Roxanne | ||||||
11 | Sayre; his granddaughter, Katie Suzanne Satkamp; his sister, | ||||||
12 | Lois Mildred Sayre Rainer; and his brother, Loren Don Sayre; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Sayre is survived by his children, Ronda | ||||||
15 | (Steve) Satkamp, Cheryl (Walter) Collins, Harlan Sayre, and | ||||||
16 | Kimm (Judy) Sayre; his grandchildren, Shannan (Steve) Bishop, | ||||||
17 | Amy (Keg) Avakian, Mandy Wichman, Lissa (Adam) Blake, Carrie | ||||||
18 | (Chad) Cooper, Abbie (Vic) Zulim, Cray Buresh, Zachary Sayre, | ||||||
19 | Matthew Sayre, Meredith Sayre, Mallorie Sayre, and Morgan | ||||||
20 | Sayre; his great-grandchildren, Ellie Bishop, Chloe Bishop, | ||||||
21 | Madison Bishop, KJ Avakian, Michael Avakian, Suzy Avakian, | ||||||
22 | Charlie Wichman, Jack Wichman, Lucie Blake, Emerson Blake, | ||||||
23 | Cailyn Cooper, Caycee Cooper, Joey Zulim, and Connor Zulim; | ||||||
24 | therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
3 | Charles Morgan Sayre, D.D.S. and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
4 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
5 | it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Dr. Sayre as an expression of our | ||||||
8 | deepest sympathy.
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