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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of William H. "Bill" Dowden Jr., who passed
4away on December 20, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bill Dowden was born in Waukegan on December 9,
61924; he graduated from Waukegan Township High School and
7served in the United States Army Air Corps in England during
8World War II; he graduated from the Milwaukee School of
9Engineering; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Bill Dowden was a manager of the IBM Corporation
11in Chicago for 35 years; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Bill Dowden was a member of Sharvin American
13Legion Post #397 in North Chicago and a life member and past
14master of Waukegan Lodge #78; he was a member of the Christ
15Episcopal Church in Waukegan, where he served as an acolyte for
1659 years and was part of the Vestry, the Men's Club, and the
17Men's Christ Care Group; he was a life member of the Valley of
18Chicago Scottish Rite Masons and the Tebala Shrine Temple in
19Rockford; he was Director Emeritus of the Waukegan Motor
20Patrol; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Bill Dowden is survived by his beloved wife, Norma

 

 

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1Jane (Totterdell) Dowden; his son, Douglas (Iris) Dowden; his
2daughter, Linda (Brian) Nelson; his grandchildren, Michael
3(Stephanie) Collins-Dowden and Emily Dowden, and Erik, Andrew,
4and Amy Nelson; his great-grandson, Rhys Collins-Dowden; his
5sister, Elizabeth (William) Potochnik; and several nieces and
6nephews; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
9William H. "Bill" Dowden Jr., and extend our sincere
10condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
11him; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the family of Bill Dowden as an expression of our
14deepest sympathy.