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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
Quillen Leigh Fox of Montgomery, who |
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| passed away on September 19, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Quillen Fox was born in Randolph, Nebraska in |
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| 1918; he was the son of Robert and Anna Fox; and
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| WHEREAS, Quillen Fox graduated from Nebraska State |
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| Teachers College (now Wayne State College) and received his |
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| master's degree from the University of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1942, Quillen Fox joined the United States |
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| Navy; he then attended Northwestern University Midshipman |
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| School to receive training to serve as a naval officer in World |
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| War II; following his training, he served aboard the U.S.S. |
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| Mullany and received the Bronze Star after his ship was |
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| attacked by a Japanese plane during the campaign at Okinawa in |
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| April of 1945; after leaving active naval service in 1947, he |
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| continued his naval service as a member of the Naval Reserve |
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| until his retirement in 1983, when he retired with the rank of |
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| Lieutenant Commander; and
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| WHEREAS, After World War II, Quillen Fox joined Investors |
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| Diversified Services; in 1973, he switched careers to become a |
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| teacher and coach on the south side of Chicago; during his |
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| career, he took part in an innovative program to prepare |
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| overage underachievers to finish high school; his students |
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| could always rely on Mr. Fox for clean uniforms, a ride to |
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| games, and a meal from McDonald's after the game; Mr. Fox |
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| served faithfully for 20 years until his retirement from |
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| teaching in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement, Quillen Fox became active in |
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| volunteer work; he devoted endless hours to Dreyer Clinic, |
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| Meals on Wheels, the Special Olympics, and the Kiwanis Club, |
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| where he was named Kiwanian of the Year in 2001; he served the |
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| congregation of Wesley Methodist Church faithfully as a Sunday |
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| School teacher and member of the Finance Committee; he was |
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| active in the Navy League and promoted Pearl Harbor Remembrance |
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| events; he also attended reunions of classmates from Wayne |
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| State College, classmates from Northwestern Midshipman School, |
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| and his shipmates from the U.S.S. Mullany; and
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| WHEREAS, Quillen Fox was a Golden Gloves Champion and an |
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| all-around sports enthusiast; and
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| WHEREAS, Quillen Fox is survived by his wife of 64 years, |
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| Phyllis Kendall Fox; his daughters, Linda (Larry), Cindy |
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| Anderton (Steve), and Carol San Roman (Phil); and his 6 |
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| grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; 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 Quillen Leigh Fox; and |
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| 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 Quillen Fox as an expression of our |
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| sympathy.
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