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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
John L. Robison of Waukegan, who passed |
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| away on October 28, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison was born in Waukegan on January 22, |
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| 1932; his parents were Carl F. and Phyllis F. Robison; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison served his country with pride and |
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| distinction as a member of the United States Army during the |
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| Korean War, when he fought in the battle of Pork Chop Hill; he |
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| was a member of the Waukegan American Legion #281 and was |
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| active in helping to bring attention to this "forgotten" war; |
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| he was instrumental in having Glen Flora Avenue in Waukegan |
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| proclaimed the Korean War Memorial Drive; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison graduated from Waukegan Township |
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| High School; he was employed with and retired from the City of |
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| Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison enjoyed watching baseball, |
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| especially his St. Louis Cardinals, bowling, and fishing; his |
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| summers were spent in relaxation at his home in Crivitz, |
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| Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison was preceded in death by his adored |
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| wife of 51 years, Norma (nee Tennyson); his parents, Carl F. |
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| and Phyllis F. (nee Gargone) Robison; his maternal and paternal |
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| grandparents; and his precious aunts and uncles, Rocco and Mary |
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| DeBennette, Russell and Frances Snider, Sadie Gargone, Philip |
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| and Raemonda Mayer, and Genvieve Kerley; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison was a devoted and loving husband to |
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| his late wife; loving father to his two sons, Gary S. (Leslie) |
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| and David C. Robison; grandfather to Sarah (Brad) Kutzler; and |
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| a great-grandfather to Stacie, Alyssa, and MacKenzie Kutzler; |
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| his memory will always be cherished by his twin sister, Joan L. |
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| Robison; his brother, Carl (Phyllis) Robison; his special |
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| cousins, Russell (Ilona) Snider, Joseph (Nancy) DeBennette, |
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| Judy Camarato, and Philip (Kathy) Meyer; his many friends, |
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| especially Melvin and Lorie Hutchinson; his many nieces and |
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| nephews; and his wonderful extended family of sisters and |
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| brothers-in-law, Dorothy Girdley, Louise (Stanley) Gamble, |
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| Barbara Tennyson, Marilyn (Donald) Arnold, Joyce Tennyson, |
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| Otto (Norma) Tennyson, Neil (Gladys) Tennyson, John (Carol) |
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| Tennyson, and Tim (Mary) Tennyson; and his special friend and |
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| uncle, Donald Kerley; 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 John L. Robison; and be |