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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 Robert E. Sipp of rural |
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| Cambridge on Saturday, March 12, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 27, 1940, in Peoria to |
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| Earl and Elsie (Traub) Sipp; he was a graduate of Dunlap High |
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| School and the University of Illinois; he served in the U.S. |
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| National Guard; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Sipp married Sharon K. Mankle on May 19, 1963, |
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| in Peoria; he was a farm manager for Doane Agriculture in |
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| Champaign from 1963 to 1971; he farmed in rural Cambridge for |
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| many years, and most recently, he was a financial broker with |
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| ADM; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, the |
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| Cambridge High School Board for 12 years, serving as president |
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| for 5 years, and was a Church Council member of Cambridge |
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| Lutheran Church; he was selected Outstanding Farmer of the Year |
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| and currently was Burns Township road commissioner and a member |
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| of Valley View Country Club in Cambridge; he enjoyed horses, |
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| golfing, and helping his children; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert E. Sipp has been deeply felt |
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| by many, especially his wife, Sharon; his daughter, Mrs. Greg |
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| (Michelle) McKenzie; his sons, Tim (Monica) Sipp, Tom (Staci) |
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| Sipp, and Toby (Katherine) Sipp; his mother, Elsie Sipp; his |
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| grandchildren, Ashley and Channing McKenzie, Alexis and Caleb |
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| Sipp, and Abigail Sipp; his brothers, Jim (Debbie) Sipp and |
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| Bill (Julie) Sipp; and his sister, Mrs. Don (Kathy) Kindilien; |
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| he was preceded in death by his father ; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |