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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 Peter W. Olroyd II of Carlinville, who 
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passed away on February 21, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born July 8, 1934, in Hillsboro, the son of 
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Peter W. Olroyd Sr. and Maymie Chaudoin; he married Joyce R. 
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(Schmidt) Olroyd on December 29, 1953, in Hillsboro; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He graduated from Hillsboro High School, with the 
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class of 1952; he was a Korean War veteran serving as 2nd Class 
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Petty Officer aboard the U.S.S. Cadmus; he was ordained as a 
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minister in 1978; he was pastor at Fayette Baptist Church in 
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rural Greenfield from 1977 to 1993; from 1994 to 2000 he served 
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churches in Dow, Charity Baptist Church in Carlinville, and 
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Carlinville Southern Baptist Church as an interim pastor; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Olroyd joined the Carlinville Post Office in 
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1962 and served as a mail carrier until 1978, when he was 
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appointed assistant postmaster, serving in that capacity until 
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taking early retirement in 1989; he joined the Emmanuel Baptist 
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Church in Carlinville in 2002, where he served as a deacon, 
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taught Sunday school and was the director of Sunday school; and 
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he was selected as Bivocational Pastor of the Year in 1993; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Brent 
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Stayton; his five brothers; and his sister; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Peter Olroyd II is survived by his wife, Joyce R. 
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Olroyd; his children, Peter W. Olroyd III, Mark R. Olroyd 
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(Sondra), Lois Stayton, Stephen Olroyd (Peggy), and James 
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Olroyd (Tina); his fourteen grandchildren; his eleven  
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great-grandchildren; his three great-great-grandchildren; his 
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brother, George Hudelson (Norma); his sister, Josephine 
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Harris; and his several nieces and nephews; 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 Peter Olroyd II; 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 Peter Olroyd II as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.