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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 William Cassin of Oak Park, who passed 
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away on June 30, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born June 22, 1923; he was a graduate of 
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Fenwick High School and attended Notre Dame University before 
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World War II; he was an avid member of the Oak Park Recreation 
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Department's Aviation Club and looked to Charles Lindbergh as 
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his lifelong hero; and
 
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    WHEREAS, William A. Cassin was a veteran of the United 
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States Army, serving in World War II; he served in 
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reconnaissance with the 20th Armored Division in France and 
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helped to liberate the Dachau concentration camp; for his 
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heroic service he received the Bronze Star; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He, along with his wife, was a longtime member and 
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supporter of The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park; 
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together they established the Hemingway Museum and worked to 
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restore Hemingway's birthplace; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He and his wife, Virginia, were married for 64 
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years; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In 2002 he received the Carl S. Winters Community 
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Service Award from the Oak Park Rotary Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a commercial photographer and later the 
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photo editor for major encyclopedias, including the 
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Encyclopedia Britannica and Laidlaw Publishing; he was an avid 
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outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and camping alongside his 
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family; and
 
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    WHEREAS, William Cassin was the devoted husband of 
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Virginia, nee


Robie; the loving father of Michael (Barbara), 
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Patrick, Sharon Frame, Sheila (Richard)


MacLaughlin, Timothy, 
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Sean, Brian (Donna), and Kieran (Jeri); the beloved grandfather 
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of 20; and the great-grandfather of 5; he was the dear brother 
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of Phyllis (James) Donahoe, Patricia


(Michael) Graft, and David 
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(Sara) Cassin; the fond brother-in-law of William (Sally) 
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Robie; and the cherished uncle and the friend of many; 
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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 William Cassin; 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 William Cassin as a symbol of our 
 


 






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sincere sympathy.