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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Roy L. Connor of Aurora on |
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| July 10, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born January 7, 1917 in Aurora, the son of |
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| Edward and Frances (Skinner) Connor; and
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| WHEREAS, Roy graduated from East Aurora High School and |
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| attended the Chicago Art Academy and the American School of |
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| Art; he served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during |
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| World War II, and flew 50 missions over Germany and Italy in a |
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| B-24 Bomber; an accomplished caricature artist, he sent home |
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| drawings during the war to his lovely girlfriend, Bea, who |
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| later became his wife of 64 years; upon his return to the |
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| states, Roy was the art director at R.H. Donnelly & Co. prior |
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| to starting his own commercial art studio known as Connor Sager |
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| Advertising; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an avid fisherman, but his passion was |
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| golf; he was a member of the Aurora Country Club, where he was |
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| a "regular" on the golf course; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward |
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| and Frances Connor; his sisters, Evelyn (Art) Welter, Marge |
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| (Francis) Hilderbrand, and Lillian (Toby) Tobias; and his |
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| brothers, William (Frieda) Connor and Norman (Mary) Connor; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Roy L. Connor will be felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Beatrice Walt |
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| Connor; his son, Gerald (Carla) Connor; his grandsons, Greg |
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| (Sarah) Connor, Trevor Connor and Grant (Heather) Connor; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Cam, Mac, Taya, and Caliya; and several |
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| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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