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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Charles F. "Chuck" Flamini of | ||||||
| 4 | Springfield, who passed away on April 21, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Chuck Flamini was born in Springfield to Oswald | ||||||
| 6 | Flamini and Fern Sillman on June 12, 1946; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Lanphier High School and Eastern Illinois University; he | ||||||
| 8 | returned to Springfield in 1968 and married Mary Macbeth in | ||||||
| 9 | Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Chuck Flamini began his career teaching at | ||||||
| 11 | Lanphier High School; a 2005 State Journal-Register article | ||||||
| 12 | recalled his sometimes unorthodox style of teaching, including | ||||||
| 13 | the time he taught history backward, starting with the current | ||||||
| 14 | year and working his way back in time; he served as president | ||||||
| 15 | of the Springfield Education Association, representing the | ||||||
| 16 | district's teachers and other employees; he was also an | ||||||
| 17 | assistant basketball coach at Southeast High School, and he | ||||||
| 18 | served as athletic director and principal at Lanphier; he was | ||||||
| 19 | principal at Springfield High School when he retired in 2002, | ||||||
| 20 | but he kept teaching, including a class titled Dealing with | ||||||
| 21 | Diversity at the University of Illinois at Springfield, which | ||||||
| 22 | dealt with racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual diversity; in | ||||||
| 23 | 2005, he returned to the north end as director of Ursuline | ||||||
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| 1 | Academy and as curriculum coordinator for Springfield College | ||||||
| 2 | in Illinois/Benedictine University, where he helped launch a | ||||||
| 3 | new elementary education bachelor's degree program; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Chuck Flamini served as a school board member for | ||||||
| 5 | District 186 until January 5, 2018; he was first elected in | ||||||
| 6 | 2013 representing Subdistrict 7 and served as president; he | ||||||
| 7 | took great pride in serving District 186 students, parents, | ||||||
| 8 | and staff, and he continued to support the district in | ||||||
| 9 | retirement; he encouraged and supported new school | ||||||
| 10 | superintendents in their roles; he will be remembered as a | ||||||
| 11 | respected teacher, union activist, school administrator, and | ||||||
| 12 | school board member who touched many lives; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Chuck Flamini is survived by his wife, Mary; his | ||||||
| 14 | daughters, Tonya (Brandon) Douglas and Beth Ray; his brother, | ||||||
| 15 | Gary (Lisa) Flamini; his grandchildren, Annabella Dorrity, Ava | ||||||
| 16 | and Aubree Douglas, Zachary (Michelle), and Phillip Ray; his | ||||||
| 17 | great-grandchildren, Eliana and Carmela; and several nieces | ||||||
| 18 | and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 21 | Charles F. "Chuck" Flamini and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 22 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 23 | it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Chuck Flamini as an expression of | ||||||
| 3 | our deepest sympathy.
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