Full Text of SR0382 96th General Assembly
SR0382 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Maurice R. Roberts of Alton, who passed | 4 |
| away on July 29, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Maurice R. Roberts was born August 9, 1925, in | 6 |
| Alton, the son of the late Richard V. and Margaret C. (Schelle) | 7 |
| Roberts; he married the former Bernice T. Schmidt on November | 8 |
| 8, 1947, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a graduate of Shurtleff College, receiving | 10 |
| his bachelors degree in 1950; he served in the United States | 11 |
| Navy Air Corps from 1943 until 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, He was employed at Olin Corporation in sales and | 13 |
| marketing for 33 years, retiring in 1982; he later accepted an | 14 |
| appointment by Bishop McNicholas to serve as coordinator at | 15 |
| Marian Heights Apartments in Alton and served on its board; he | 16 |
| was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton, the St. | 17 |
| Vincent DePaul Society, and Alton Knights of Columbus, where he | 18 |
| was a Third Degree Knight; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 20 |
| brother, Dale Roberts; and his brother-in-law, Gale Aulabaugh; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, Maurice Roberts is survived by his wife, Bernice; | 2 |
| his 10 children and their spouses, Mike and Lisa Roberts, Fr. | 3 |
| Don Roberts, Debbie Roberts, Terri and Rick Martin, Jim and | 4 |
| Stacey Roberts, Jeff and Sandra Roberts, Jeanne and Joe | 5 |
| Hoefert, Marci and Eric Wendle, Andy Roberts and his friend, | 6 |
| Becky, and Mary and John Johnson; his 29 grandchildren; his six | 7 |
| great-grandchildren; and his sister, Marilyn (Roberts) | 8 |
| Aulabaugh; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Maurice R. Roberts; and | 12 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Maurice R. Roberts as a symbol of | 15 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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