Full Text of SR0449 96th General Assembly
SR0449 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | | 3 |
| learn of the death of Lester Pritchard of Urbana, who passed | | 4 |
| away on October 12, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Pritchard was born September 25, 1949, in | | 6 |
| Galesburg, a son of William and Barbara Bauer Pritchard; he | | 7 |
| married Barbara Cotter on November 17, 1990, in Urbana; and
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| WHEREAS,
Mr. Pritchard graduated from the University of | | 9 |
| Illinois and was a disability rights activist on the local, | | 10 |
| State, and federal levels; he was appointed by the Governor to | | 11 |
| chair the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities, and | | 12 |
| he was on the Board of Champaign County Healthcare Consumers;
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| Mr. Pritchard, along with his wife, was co-founder of the | | 14 |
| Campaign For Real Choice In Illinois, dedicated to "full | | 15 |
| inclusion" for people with disabilities; he was a board member | | 16 |
| and board chair for P.A.C.E.; and he also served 16 years as a | | 17 |
| member of the Urbana Human Relations Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife founded Citizens for HOMES | | 19 |
| (Housing Options Meeting Equitable Standards) in 1997, to | | 20 |
| promote low-cost accessible features in new housing; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2007 he was awarded the James R. Burgess Sr. |
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| Humanitarian Award for furthering civil rights by the Champaign | | 2 |
| County Board; and in 2008 he received the American Bar | | 3 |
| Association's Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Pritchard is survived by his wife, Barbara; | | 6 |
| his sister, Sarah (David) Nielsen; his brothers, Bill | | 7 |
| (Jennifer) Pritchard and John (Jane) Pritchard; his | | 8 |
| stepbrother, Christopher (Regina) Pritchard; and several | | 9 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Lester Pritchard; and be | | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 15 |
| presented to the family of Lester Pritchard as a symbol of our | | 16 |
| sincere sympathy.
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