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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Terrence Amore of Richmond, who passed
4 away on May 21, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore was born on November 30, 1946 in
6 Chicago; his parents were Robert and Mary (Sanders) Amore; he
7 married Marge Corrigan on May 3, 1969 at St. Bede's Church in
8 Ingleside; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore graduated from Marian Catholic
10 High School in Woodstock in 1966; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore served as a sergeant in the United
12 States Army from 1967 to 1970 and served in the transportation
13 corps during the Vietnam War; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore was the owner of Mid-American
15 Heating & Air Conditioning in Spring Grove for 15 years until
16 his retirement on November 30, 2006; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore was a member of St. Peter Catholic
18 Church in Spring Grove for many years, serving on the Finance
19 Committee and as an usher; he was a life member of Paul C.
20 Hoffman American Legion Post No. 253 of Richmond and a life

 

 

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1 member of VFW Post No. 4600 of McHenry; he was the president of
2 Spring Grove Kiwanis and a past president of Richmond-Spring
3 Grove Chamber of Commerce; he served as an assistant chief and
4 president of the board of trustees of the Richmond Fire
5 Department; he was a former District 13 school board member; he
6 was a past president of the RBBA little league; and he was a
7 youth group leader at St. Joseph Church in Richmond; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore was preceded in death by his
9 father; his brother, Thomas; his grandson, Nathaniel Amore; and
10 his niece, Cheri Amore; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Terrence Amore is survived by his wife, Marge; his
12 daughters, Dawn (Don) Buchholtz, Christina "Teena" (Mike)
13 Medick, and Theresa (Matt) Yegge; his son, Matt (Ellen) Amore;
14 his grandchildren, Danielle, Rachael, Rebecca, and Hannah Joy
15 Buchholtz, Peyton and Christian Medick, Dylan and Dawson Yegge,
16 and Samuel, Hannah Kate, and Emma Amore; his mother, Mary
17 Amore; his sisters, Sr. Jean Amore, Margaret "Peg" (Ray)
18 Stevens, Barbara (Ron) Williams, Patricia "Toots" (Bill)
19 Vavrik, and Fran (Gil) Michelini; his brothers, Wayne (Chris)
20 Amore and Damien "Buster" (Cindy) Amore; and his sister-in-law,
21 Sandy Amore; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with

 

 

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1 his family and friends, the passing of Terrence Amore; and be
2 it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of Terrence Amore as an expression of
5 our sympathy.