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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Donald Miles Merwin of DeKalb, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on February 14, 2009; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born March 7, 1934, in Sandwich, the son of | ||||||
| 6 | Millard Blake and Myrtle (Grandgeorge) Merwin; when he was in | ||||||
| 7 | third grade, his father was transferred to Mt. Morris and he | ||||||
| 8 | finished school there, graduating from Mt. Morris High School | ||||||
| 9 | in the class of 1952; he attended Northern Illinois University, | ||||||
| 10 | Kishwaukee College, and Naperville College; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, He married Lois Bender in Bloomingdale on June 30, | ||||||
| 12 | 1956; they made their home in Oregon, Illinois, while he worked | ||||||
| 13 | for Ogle Service Company; he then started working for The Daily | ||||||
| 14 | Chronicle, and they moved to DeKalb; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, He later worked for DeKalb Ogle Telephone Company, | ||||||
| 16 | later Contel, and finally Verizon; he worked there until his | ||||||
| 17 | retirement; and he was a Verizon Pioneer life member; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, He was a member of First United Methodist Church, | ||||||
| 19 | where he served on many committees, and of Kishwaukee Kiwanis, | ||||||
| 20 | where he served as president in 1990 and 1991, and Lieutenant | ||||||
| 21 | Governor from 1993 to 1995; he was also an adviser to Circle K; | ||||||
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| 1 | he was also a member and past master of DeKalb lodge No. 144, | ||||||
| 2 | the Scottish Rite, Tebala Temple, and Dustin Chapter of the | ||||||
| 3 | Eastern Star; he served on the City of DeKalb Zoning Board of | ||||||
| 4 | Appeals for more than 30 years; he was a Republican Precinct | ||||||
| 5 | Committeeman and Chairman of the DeKalb County Republican Party | ||||||
| 6 | for a time and was named Republican of the Year in 1994; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, He received the Contel Citizenship Award for the | ||||||
| 8 | Central Region and also the Corporate Citizenship Award in | ||||||
| 9 | 1983; he also served on the DeKalb County Jury Commission; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Donald Merwin is survived by his wife, Lois; his | ||||||
| 11 | four sons, Jeff (Sandy), John (Laura), Tom (Diane), and | ||||||
| 12 | Doug(Samantha); his seven grandchildren, Ben (Michelle), Kim | ||||||
| 13 | (Peter Leonteos), Luke, Jeremy and Chelsea, Dolly, and Logan; | ||||||
| 14 | his brother, Dick; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins; | ||||||
| 15 | therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 18 | his family and friends, the passing of Donald Merwin; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Donald Merwin as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 22 | sincere sympathy.
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