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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
Richard Dystrup, who passed away on 
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August 28, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Richard Dystrup served more than 40 years as an 
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educator and public servant; he formerly served as a Lockport 
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Township High School teacher and coach and as Executive 
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Director of Illinois Dollars for Scholars; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Richard Dystrup formerly served as the Mayor of 
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Lockport; he was also a Joliet Junior College Trustee and a 
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member of the Lockport Lions Club, the Will County Historical 
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Society, the Will County Community Foundation, and many other 
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organizations; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Richard Dystrup enjoyed coaching, sharing his 
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love of sports with his grandchildren, and the Chicago Cubs; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Richard Dystrup was preceded in death by his 
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parents, Cameron and Elizabeth Dystrup; his step-mother, 
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Rachel Dystrup; his in-laws, George and Odette Drury; and his 
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sons, Douglas and Brett Dystrup; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Richard Dystrup is survived by his wife of 45 
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years, Barb; his daughters, Andra (Spiro) Voulgaris and Libby 
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(Mark) Hollatz; his grandchildren, Hannah, Gehrig, Halle, 
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Mallory, and Sawyer Hollatz, and Gabby, Zara, Gracie, Marcos, 
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and Clover Voulgaris; his brother, Andy (Carolyn) Dystrup; his 
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step-sister, Barbara Schafer; his step-brother, Gordon 
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(Barbara) Kay; his aunt, Phyllis Bogdan; and his many nieces, 
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nephews, and cousins; 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 Richard Dystrup; 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 Richard Dystrup as an expression of 
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our sympathy.