Full Text of SR0940 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Norris A. Erickson of | 4 | | Aurora, who passed away on August 20, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson was born on April 6, 1944, in | 6 | | Davenport, Iowa, to Alvin and Lila Erickson; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson served in the U.S. Army from | 8 | | 1965-1967; he was stationed in Panama with the military police; | 9 | | he graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1972 | 10 | | following in the footsteps of his father, mother, and aunt; | 11 | | upon graduation he moved to Sandwich joining his aunt at her | 12 | | chiropractic office; he moved to Aurora in 1976 and opened | 13 | | Erickson Chiropractic Center; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson was 1 of 33 in the first | 15 | | graduating class at Palmer College to receive his LCP in 2000 | 16 | | in the Palmer Legion of Chiropractic Philosophers; in 2000, he | 17 | | was awarded with a Fellow in the Palmer Academy of Chiropractic | 18 | | for valued contributions to Palmer College and to the | 19 | | advancement of the chiropractic profession; he received a | 20 | | Distinguished Fellow from the International Chiropractic | 21 | | Association in recognition of outstanding contributions to | 22 | | patients, chiropractic, and humanity in 2001, and a Diplomate |
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| 1 | | in Philosophical Chiropractic Standard by the International | 2 | | Chiropractic Association Council of Chiropractic Philosophy in | 3 | | 2005; he went on 2 chiropractic missions to Panama in | 4 | | 1986-1987; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson gave back to his community | 6 | | outside of his primary profession as well; he was the long | 7 | | serving commander on the Roosevelt Aurora Post 84 American | 8 | | Legion, past Kane County commander of the American Legion, and | 9 | | Passe Chef de Gare of 40&8 elite of the American Legion; he was | 10 | | instrumental in bringing the Moving Wall to Aurora in 1989, and | 11 | | in the renaming of Veterans' Island and the memorial on it | 12 | | dedicated to all veterans, past, present, and future; he was a | 13 | | member of the Masonic Lodge #254, Aurora Area Shrine Club, and | 14 | | the Aurora Airport board; he sponsored very successful softball | 15 | | teams in the 80's; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson is survived by his wife, | 17 | | Sally; his daughters, Krista Erickson Tetter, Karsta (Bill) | 18 | | Erickson, and Christine (Tom) Watt and son, Phillip Baratta; | 19 | | and his grandchildren, Kyra Erickson Tetter, Kelsen Erickson, | 20 | | Rocco Watt, and Anthony Watt; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | Dr. Norris Erickson, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Dr. Norris Erickson as an expression | 5 | | of our sincere condolences.
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