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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Anthony W. "Tony" Dyhrkopp
4 of Gold Hill Ranch, Shawneetown, on April 10, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Dyhrkopp was born September 17, 1947, in
6 Evansville, Indiana, the son of Einar and Frances (Sanders)
7 Dyhrkopp of Shawneetown; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He graduated from Shawneetown High School in 1965
9 and received his Juris Doctorate degree from North Carolina in
10 1974; he also studied at Chicago Kent College of Law, Parson
11 College, and enrolled in a European study program with the
12 International College of Copenhagen, Denmark, spending
13 considerable time in Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania,
14 Hungary, East and West Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and
15 Spain; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He served as Gallatin County State's Attorney for
17 16 years, Assistant Illinois Attorney General for six years,
18 and Hearing Officer for Secretary of State Jessie White for six
19 years; and
 
20     WHEREAS, He was a member of First Baptist Church in
21 Shawneetown; he was vice-president of Tecumseh International,
22 an alumni of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, a member of the
23 Equality Masonic Lodge 2, and a lifelong Democrat; and
 
24     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandmother,
25 Myrtle Schwander and his great-grandfather, Guy R. Lambert; his
26 grandmother Vevith (Denton) Dyhrkopp; his grandfather, Victor
27 Dyhrkopp; his great-grandmother, Sarah H. Denton; and his
28 great-uncle, Col. Samuel A. Denton, and his wife, Ethel; and
 
29     WHEREAS, A loving husband, father, son, and friend, the

 

 

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1 passing of Anthony W. "Tony" Dyhrkopp is felt by all who knew
2 and loved him, especially his wife of 28 years, Ellen (Lambert)
3 Dyhrkopp; his sons, Douglas Einar Dyhrkopp and Aaron Joseph
4 Dyhrkopp; his daughter, Kara Ruth Dyhrkopp; his parents, Einar
5 and Frances Dyhrkopp; his father and mother-in-law, Douglas and
6 Marchetta Lambert; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Paul and
7 Cindy Hughes, Duane and Suzette Lambert, and Paul and Patti
8 Lambert; his nieces, Andrea (Mike) Phalin and Brette Lambert;
9 his nephew, Jordan Lambert; his great-nephews, Connor and
10 Cooper Phalin; his uncle, Felix and Pam Dyhrkopp; his aunts,
11 Victoria Vaughn, Louise (Sanders) Strong, and Hilda (Moye)
12 Sanders; his special cousins, Billy Earl and Sharon Sanders and
13 their son, Billy John, and Mark and Debbie Sanders and their
14 children, Heather, Megan, and Jessica; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
16 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
17 Anthony W. "Tony" Dyhrkopp and extend our sincere and heartfelt
18 condolences to his family, friends, and community; and be it
19 further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
22 sympathy.