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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Bolingbrook Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown Sr., 
4who passed away on October 31, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown severed in Vietnam with the 
6Green Berets; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown moved to Bolingbrook in 1976; 
8he was married to Pat for 51 years and has  two sons, Leroy Jr. 
9and Jeffrey, and five grandchildren; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown was a committed community 
11volunteer for more than 40 years; from 1976 to 2017, he served 
12as president of the Indian Oaks Condo Association; from 1990 
13through 1993, he served as a fire and police board 
14commissioner; from 1993 to 2000, he served on the village board 
15of trustees; from 2000 until 2017, he also served as deputy 
16mayor; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown founded the Bolingbrook 
18Joyfest and Bridging the Gap, which aired on Bolingbrook 
19Community Television from 1996 through 2017; he attended many 
20annual events sponsored by VFW Post 5917, American Legion Post 
211288, the Knights of Columbus, the Black History Awareness 
 
 
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1Club, Heart Haven Outreach, the Community Service Council, and 
2the HEART Organization; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown collected a long list of local 
4honors, including the Bolingbrook Area Chamber of Commerce's 
5Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009; in 2016, he  was named grand 
6marshal of the Pathways Parade; in 2017, he was named a Paul 
7Harris Fellow by the Bolingbrook Rotary Club and was praised by 
8Citizens Against Abuse for committing 19 years to defending 
9their cause; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12Bolingbrook Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown Sr., and extend our 
13sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew 
14and loved him; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to  the family of  Deputy Mayor Brown as an expression 
17of our deepest sympathy.