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SR1416 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 Ronald E. Hopwood, Sr. of Springfield,
4 who passed away on August 16, 2014; and

5     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was born on July 31, 1940 in
6 Springfield; his parents were Harold and Katherine Lucille
7 Durham Hopwood; he married Doris Davis on November 11, 1983;
8 and

9     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. served his country as a member
10 of the United States Air Force; and

11     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was employed with the
12 Statesville Correctional Facility, the Master Supply Company,
13 Beatrice Foods, Springfield Clinic, and Elliott Avenue Baptist
14 Church; and

15     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was a member and president of
16 the Springfield Center for Independent Living Board of
17 Directors, the Springfield Mass Transit District Advisory
18 Committee, the Springfield Disabilities Committee, the SCIL
19 Access Committee, and the Coalition for Citizens with
20 Disabilities of Illinois; and

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1     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was an alumnus of the Greater
2 Springfield Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Springfield
3 program; and

4     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was preceded in death by his
5 parents and a brother, Stan Hopwood; and

6     WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. is survived by his wife,
7 Doris; 3 children, Ronald Gene Hopwood, Jr., Anthony Scott
8 (Kim) Hopwood, and Katherine Lynnette Hopwood; 3
9 grandchildren, Jeremy Simmons, Jordan Hopwood, and Erika
10 Hopwood; 6 siblings, John (Jan) Hopwood, Dorothy (Jim) Freeman,
11 Linda Hawker, Nancy Hopwood, Mary (Bob) Christians, and Dee
12 (Marion) Ring; numerous nieces and nephews; and his special
13 friends, Jerry, Charlene, and Brandon Gibson; therefore, be it

14     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
16 family and friends, mourn the passing of Ronald E. Hopwood,
17 Sr.; and be it further

18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to the family of Ronald Hopwood, Sr. as an expression
20 of our sympathy.

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