Full Text of SR0124 96th General Assembly
SR0124 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 Donald Miles Merwin of DeKalb, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 14, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born March 7, 1934, in Sandwich, the son of | 6 |
| Millard Blake and Myrtle (Grandgeorge) Merwin; when he was in | 7 |
| third grade, his father was transferred to Mt. Morris and he | 8 |
| finished school there, graduating from Mt. Morris High School | 9 |
| in the class of 1952; he attended Northern Illinois University, | 10 |
| Kishwaukee College, and Naperville College; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Lois Bender in Bloomingdale on June 30, | 12 |
| 1956; they made their home in Oregon, Illinois, while he worked | 13 |
| for Ogle Service Company; he then started working for The Daily | 14 |
| Chronicle, and they moved to DeKalb; and
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| WHEREAS, He later worked for DeKalb Ogle Telephone Company, | 16 |
| later Contel, and finally Verizon; he worked there until his | 17 |
| retirement; and he was a Verizon Pioneer life member; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of First United Methodist Church, | 19 |
| where he served on many committees, and of Kishwaukee Kiwanis, | 20 |
| where he served as president in 1990 and 1991, and Lieutenant | 21 |
| Governor from 1993 to 1995; he was also an adviser to Circle K; |
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| he was also a member and past master of DeKalb lodge No. 144, | 2 |
| the Scottish Rite, Tebala Temple, and Dustin Chapter of the | 3 |
| Eastern Star; he served on the City of DeKalb Zoning Board of | 4 |
| Appeals for more than 30 years; he was a Republican Precinct | 5 |
| Committeeman and Chairman of the DeKalb County Republican Party | 6 |
| for a time and was named Republican of the Year in 1994; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, He received the Contel Citizenship Award for the | 8 |
| Central Region and also the Corporate Citizenship Award in | 9 |
| 1983; he also served on the DeKalb County Jury Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Merwin is survived by his wife, Lois; his | 11 |
| four sons, Jeff (Sandy), John (Laura), Tom (Diane), and | 12 |
| Doug(Samantha); his seven grandchildren, Ben (Michelle), Kim | 13 |
| (Peter Leonteos), Luke, Jeremy and Chelsea, Dolly, and Logan; | 14 |
| his brother, Dick; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins; | 15 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Donald Merwin; and be it | 19 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Donald Merwin as a symbol of our | 22 |
| sincere sympathy.
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