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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Richard C. "Dick" Cooney of Hampton, who 
4passed away on December 31, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dick Cooney was born in Columbus, Nebraska  to 
6Carroll and Doloris Thrun Cooney on June 12, 1940; he
graduated 
7from Davenport High School in 1958; he married Charlotte Jones 
8in 1961 and they had three children; he later married Nancy 
9Asman
in 1986; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Dick Cooney served in the United States Air Force, 
11which began a lifelong love of aviation; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Dick Cooney worked for Lockheed
International and 
13Northrop Corporation, where he oversaw the development, 
14testing, and
evaluation of the most advanced and sophisticated

15electronic countermeasure systems of fighter
planes; 
16therefore, be it
  
 

  
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
19Richard C. "Dick" Cooney, and extend our sincere condolences to 
20his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
21further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to  the family of  Dick Cooney as an expression of our 
3deepest sympathy.