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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 sadness of the death of the Reverend Orrin M. |
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| Anderson of Godfrey on Thursday, March 24, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born April 8, 1920, on a farm near Appam, |
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| North Dakota, to John and Blenda (Kron) Anderson; he married |
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| the former Myra L. Wright on July 7, 1945, in Collingdale, |
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| Pennsylvania; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Anderson graduated from Sioux Falls |
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| Baptist College, Bethel Baptist College in Minneapolis, and |
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| Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia; his ministry of 59 |
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| years began in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois before |
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| moving to Alton, where he served 27 years as pastor at the |
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| First Baptist Church in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement, he served as an interim |
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| pastor at many churches in the area; he was a member of the |
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| national board of the American Baptist Convention in Valley |
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| Forge, Pennsylvania, a board member of the Salvation Army in |
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| Alton, and past board member of Shurtleff College in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of the Reverend Orrin M. Anderson has |
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| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Myra; his |
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| daughter, Elaine Hovey, and her husband, James; his sons, Lief |
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| Anderson and his wife, Diane, and Erick Anderson and his wife, |
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| Chris; his grandchildren, Matt Anderson and Renee Anderson, |
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| Colin Anderson and Kara Anderson, Nicole Beatty and her |
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| husband, Tim, and Gretchen Andridge and her husband, Mike; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Vincent Beatty and Hollyn Beatty; and his |
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| sister, Mae Belle Goudy; 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 |