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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of former Illinois Senate doorkeeper Edward 
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H. Bell of Springfield, who passed away on April 24, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Edward H. Bell was born May 20, 1949, the son of 
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Archibald and Mary Bell, in Glasgow, Scotland; he immigrated to 
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the United States in 1964 to live with his aunt and uncle in 
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Springfield; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After serving in Vietnam, he returned to 
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Springfield to attend Lincoln Land Community College, where he 
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met Sabra Martin; Sabra and Ed were married August 12, 1972, in 
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Mason City; they had two daughters, Katrina Marie and Laura 
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Anne; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ed was a Springfield Police officer for 27 years, 
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retiring as a sergeant in 2003; shortly after retiring, he 
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became a doorkeeper at the Illinois State Senate; he was also a 
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karate instructor with the Kifaru School of Martial Arts and 
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was an avid hunter of deer and turkey; Ed also enjoyed 
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collecting and planting day lilies, riding his motorcycle, and 
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was a bass drummer in the Springfield Highland Guard; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Edward Bell is survived by wife, Sabra, and two 
 


 






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daughters, Katrina (husband, Stephen) Weber and Laura Bell; 
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Edward is also survived by an aunt and uncle in the Springfield 
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area, along with three sisters and several aunts and uncles in 
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Scotland; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Edward H. Bell; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Edward H. Bell as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.