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SR0607 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 SENATE RESOLUTION

2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Dennis Murphy of Willow Springs, who
4 passed away on June 12, 2013; and

5     WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was born in 1943 in Elkhart,
6 Indiana, to Wilbur and Caroljean Murphy; he graduated from
7 Elkhart High School in 1961 and received his Bachelor of
8 Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in
9 West Lafayette, Indiana; he earned his Master's Degree in
10 Business Administration from Northwestern University in
11 Evanston; and

12     WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy spent most of his business career as
13 the senior staff accountant for Commonwealth Edison, Chicago;
14 during his retirement years, he tutored students and was a
15 substitute teacher at The Avery Coonley School for the Gifted
16 in Downers Grove and at Lyons Township High School in La
17 Grange; and

18     WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy had a passion for American history
19 and would accompany his wife and her Avery Coonley
20 seventh-grade students on their annual trip to Washington,
21 D.C.; he was an avid golfer and served on the Board of
22 Directors of Ruth Lake Country Club and The Fairway Club in

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1 Willow Springs; and

2     WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was a fan of Purdue and Duke
3 basketball; he also enjoyed fishing, the outdoors, and taking
4 care of others; and

5     WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy was preceded in death by his parents
6 and by his mother and father-in-law, Bernice and Jack Lask; and

7     WHEREAS, Dennis Murphy is survived by his wife of 44 years,
8 Deborah (nee Lask); his daughters, Kristin Murphy and Laura
9 (James) Ferri; his grandchildren, Samuel, Thomas, and Lucy
10 Ferri; and his sister-in-law, Barbara (Don) Neimann;
11 therefore, be it

12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
14 Dennis Murphy, and extend our sincere condolences to his
15 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
16 further

17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to the family of Dennis Murphy as an expression of
19 our deepest sympathy.

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