Full Text of SR0357 96th General Assembly
SR0357 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 William Cassin of Oak Park, who passed | 4 |
| away on June 30, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 22, 1923; he was a graduate of | 6 |
| Fenwick High School and attended Notre Dame University before | 7 |
| World War II; he was an avid member of the Oak Park Recreation | 8 |
| Department's Aviation Club and looked to Charles Lindbergh as | 9 |
| his lifelong hero; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, William A. Cassin was a veteran of the United | 11 |
| States Army, serving in World War II; he served in | 12 |
| reconnaissance with the 20th Armored Division in France and | 13 |
| helped to liberate the Dachau concentration camp; for his | 14 |
| heroic service he received the Bronze Star; and
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| WHEREAS, He, along with his wife, was a longtime member and | 16 |
| supporter of The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park; | 17 |
| together they established the Hemingway Museum and worked to | 18 |
| restore Hemingway's birthplace; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Virginia, were married for 64 | 20 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002 he received the Carl S. Winters Community | 2 |
| Service Award from the Oak Park Rotary Club; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a commercial photographer and later the | 4 |
| photo editor for major encyclopedias, including the | 5 |
| Encyclopedia Britannica and Laidlaw Publishing; he was an avid | 6 |
| outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and camping alongside his | 7 |
| family; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, William Cassin was the devoted husband of | 9 |
| Virginia, nee
Robie; the loving father of Michael (Barbara), | 10 |
| Patrick, Sharon Frame, Sheila (Richard)
MacLaughlin, Timothy, | 11 |
| Sean, Brian (Donna), and Kieran (Jeri); the beloved grandfather | 12 |
| of 20; and the great-grandfather of 5; he was the dear brother | 13 |
| of Phyllis (James) Donahoe, Patricia
(Michael) Graft, and David | 14 |
| (Sara) Cassin; the fond brother-in-law of William (Sally) | 15 |
| Robie; and the cherished uncle and the friend of many; | 16 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 |
| his family and friends, the passing of William Cassin; and be | 20 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the family of William Cassin as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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