Full Text of SR0719 94th General Assembly
SR0719 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Paul M. Clark of Alton on | 4 |
| Sunday, April 9, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born April 12, 1938, in Eldorado to William | 6 |
| M. and Jewel E. (Penrod) Clark; he married the former Virginia | 7 |
| Merritt on December 27, 1958, in Herrin; he later married the | 8 |
| former Edie Lawrence on May 23, 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Clark retired in 1994 from Laclede Steel after | 10 |
| 35 years as an electrician; he was an active leader in the | 11 |
| labor movement for over 30 years, serving as shop steward, | 12 |
| grievance committeeman, vice president, and president of Local | 13 |
| 3643 USWA from 1977 to 1980; he served as secretary of the | 14 |
| Alton-Wood River Federation of Labor and vice president of the | 15 |
| 20th Congressional District Cope; he was a Democratic Precinct | 16 |
| Committeeman and was active in the political process all of his | 17 |
| adult working life, working to pass legislation in Washington, | 18 |
| D.C., and Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member and elected trustee of Eagles | 20 |
| Aerie 254, Piasa Masonic Lodge 27, Scottish Rite 32nd Degree | 21 |
| Mason, and a Shriner of the Ainad Rolling Nobles three-wheeler | 22 |
| unit, entertaining crowds for 17 years, having fun, and helping | 23 |
| kids; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Paul M. Clark has been deeply felt | 25 |
| by many, especially his wife, Edie; his daughters and their | 26 |
| husbands, Paula and Dan Resavage and their two children, Fallon | 27 |
| and Ryan, and Jennifer and Minas Konstadinopulos and their two | 28 |
| children, Sofia and Georgus; his son, Scott Clark; his stepson, | 29 |
| Marc Lawrence; his sister, Elizabeth Downing; his brother, | 30 |
| William E. Clark; and his numerous nieces and nephews; | 31 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Paul M. Clark, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 8 |
| sympathy.
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