Full Text of SR0715 100th 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 Richard Marks "Dick" Joy of Champaign, | 4 | | who passed away on July 3, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Joy was born in Elmhurst to Clifford | 6 | | Whitney and Phyllis Rose Marks Joy; he graduated from York High | 7 | | School in Elmhurst, the University of Michigan, and the | 8 | | University of Illinois College of Law, where he was an editor | 9 | | of the law review; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Richard Joy clerked for Illinois Supreme Court | 11 | | Chief Justice Robert C. Underwood; he was a former partner at | 12 | | the law firm of Dobbins, Fraker, Tennant, Joy, & Perlstein in | 13 | | Champaign, and most recently, a partner at Tummelson Bryan & | 14 | | Knox in Urbana; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Richard Joy was an active member of his community, | 16 | | chairing committees and serving on various boards; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Richard Joy loved to travel and delighted in | 18 | | seeing the world with both of his wives; he was an avid reader, | 19 | | with subscriptions to dozens of magazines and newspapers, all | 20 | | of which he would regularly tear apart in order to share | 21 | | different articles with his network of friends, family, and |
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| 1 | | acquaintances; he enjoyed playing golf and sleeping on the | 2 | | couch while golf was on television; he was a passionate | 3 | | Fighting Illini fan with season tickets to both football and | 4 | | basketball for 50 years; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Joy was preceded in death by his wife of | 6 | | 37 years, Diane Bound Joy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Richard Joy is survived by his wife of eight | 8 | | years, Genevieve Kottemann Joy; his son, Stephen, his wife, | 9 | | Barbara, and their son, Oliver; his son, David, and his wife, | 10 | | Megan; his stepson, Rudy, his wife, Emily, and their daughters, | 11 | | Amber, Subree, and Claire; his stepdaughter, Marnie Wells, and | 12 | | her husband, David; his sister-in-law, Mary Montie, and her | 13 | | family; and his sisters, Dee Joy Coulter, Sue Joy-Sobota, Jinny | 14 | | LaRock, and Sally McKittrick and their families; therefore, be | 15 | | it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Richard Marks "Dick" Joy, and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Richard Joy as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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