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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened |
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| to learn of the death of Silver Suarez of Springfield on May 4, |
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| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Suarez was born June 20, 1913, in Clarksburg, |
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| West Virginia, the son of Ramon and Adella Garcia Suarez; he |
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| married Laura Papi in 1935 in Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS,
Mr. Suarez worked for the Springfield Police |
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| Department in 1941 and 1942 and from 1946-70; he served as |
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| chief of police for 11 years and joined the training board, |
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| serving as executive director before his retirement in 1980; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was a United States Marine Corps veteran and |
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| received two Purple Hearts for wounds suffered in the battle of |
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| Iwo Jima; he attended the 41st session of the FBI National |
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| Academy in Washington, D.C.; he was appointed the first |
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| chairman of the Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers |
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| Training Board in 1965; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Suarez received the Copley First Citizen Award |
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| in 1970; he was a life member and past president of the |
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| Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and Police Benevolent |
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| and Protective Association Unit 5 and a life member and |
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| commander of the Hall Hagler Chapter 15 Disabled American |
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| Veterans of Springfield; he served as chairman of the board of |
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| Sacred Heart Credit Union and served on the Springfield Civil |
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| Service Commission from 1982-95; and he was a member of the |
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| Chatham American Legion Post 759 and Christ the King Church, |
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| where he was a member of the Usher's Club and Holy Name |
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| Society; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Silver Suarez will be deeply felt |