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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 Roger Sullivan Murphy of Holiday Shores, 
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who passed away on December 30, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Sullivan Murphy was born July 3, 1939, in 
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Olney, to Dr. Raymond and Lois Murphy; he married Donna Maria 
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Zielinski on March 24, 1965, in Carbondale; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a graduate of Culver Military Academy, he 
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attended the University of Pennsylvania, Southern Illinois 
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University Carbondale, and  served in the Peace Corps in 
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Micronesia for two years after his graduation; upon returning 
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to the states, he graduated in 1972 from St. Louis University 
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School of Law; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in 
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St. Louis County until entering private practice in Belleville, 
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later moving his office to Edwardsville; an active community 
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volunteer, he served for many years on the board of directors 
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of the Holishor Association, including one term as its 
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president, in addition to working with community committees; he 
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served on the board of directors of Treehouse Wildlife Center 
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in addition to supporting a variety of other charitable causes; 
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    WHEREAS, He liked to travel, golf, sports car races, and, 
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until recently, the Rams; in his final months, he was adamant 
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that his obituary acknowledge that he "was a lifelong liberal 
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Democrat and proud of it"; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank 
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and Fred Roberson; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Roger Murphy is survived by his wife, Donna; his 
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two sons, Brennan Murphy and Eric Murphy; his three sisters, 
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Karen (Don) Stremme, Lois (Charles) Ferguson, and Joyce (Brad) 
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Binder; his two brothers, Bob Murphy and Raymond (Georgine) 
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Murphy; his sister-in-law Karen (Jerry) McCann, their children 
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and grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Jay Zielinski and his 
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daughter, Casey; his special friends, Ken and Sharon Dulle; and 
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others too numerous to mention; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Roger Sullivan Murphy; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Roger Sullivan Murphy as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.