Full Text of SR1503 99th 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 David A. Sams of Gurnee, who passed away | 4 | | on January 8, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Sams was born on August 30, 1950 in | 6 | | Waukegan; he married Renee Rucks on July 19, 1986 in Waukegan; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, David Sams was a veteran of the United States Air | 9 | | Force; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, David Sams worked as a Probation Officer in Lake | 11 | | County for 10 years; he later worked at Warren Township High | 12 | | School as a Security Officer, where he was known as "The Beef", | 13 | | retiring after 14 years of service; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, David Sams was a collector of World War II | 15 | | memorabilia; he also loved traveling to Las Vegas to gamble and | 16 | | became an avid sports fan thanks to his wife; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, David Sams was preceded in death by his parents, | 18 | | Kenneth and Irene (nee Engstrom) Sams; his sisters, Wendy | 19 | | Tepper and Cathy Sorenson; his brother, Kenneth Sams; and his | 20 | | brothers-in-law, William G. Rucks and Timothy W. Rucks; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Sams is survived by his loving wife of 29 | 2 | | years, Renee Sams; his beloved Yorkie, Paco; his brothers, | 3 | | Larry (Carol) Sams and Donald (Lauren) Sams; his | 4 | | brothers-in-law, James (Cindy) Rucks, Thomas (Mary Ellen) | 5 | | Rucks, Richard Rucks, Peter (Cindy) Rucks, and Ivan Tepper; his | 6 | | sisters-in-law, Mary (Mike) Gray, Rebecca (Frank) Belmont, | 7 | | Janet Rucks, and Elaine Sams; his special nieces, Deatra Sams, | 8 | | Denise Sams, and Laura Coffey; and his many nieces, nephews, | 9 | | great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great nieces, and | 10 | | great-great nephews; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of David A. Sams; and be | 14 | | it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of David Sams as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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