Full Text of SR0108 96th General Assembly
SR0108 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 Norman L. Armstrong of Carlinville, who | 4 |
| passed away on February 17, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on May 4, 1925 in Sona Bata, Belgian | 6 |
| Congo, the son of Bernard W. and Rhoda Broholm Armstrong; he | 7 |
| married Florence Waterman on September 24, 1949 in Kalamazoo, | 8 |
| Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a United States Army infantry veteran, | 10 |
| serving in World War II; he attended Wright State in Ohio, | 11 |
| receiving his master of arts degree in counseling; he received | 12 |
| his bachelor of arts degree from Kalamazoo College; and he | 13 |
| received a master of arts degree from Andover-Newton College; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, He was a pastoral counselor in Western Springs, | 16 |
| retiring in 1993; he was a member of the Federated Church and | 17 |
| Seekers Group at Blackburn College; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Norman Armstrong is survived by his sons and | 20 |
| daughter-in-law, Dr. Mark W. and Lynn Armstrong and Richard N. |
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| Armstrong; his grandsons, Greg (wife, Sarah) MacDonald, Jeff | 2 |
| Armstrong, and Dan Armstrong (fiancee, Sara Keaster); and his | 3 |
| sister, Joan Bailey; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Norman Armstrong; and be | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Norman Armstrong as a symbol of our | 10 |
| sincere sympathy.
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