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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 Donald F. McBride of Beach Park, who 
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passed away  on January 28, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was born September 22, 1921 in Hector, 
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Minnesota and has lived in the Beach Park area for the past 60 
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plus years; he was a Veteran of World War II, enlisting the day 
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after the attack on Pearl Harbor; he served with the United 
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States Navy for seven years, including time aboard the USS J. 
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Franklin Bell; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was a 55-year member of Local #150, Operating 
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Engineers, retiring in 1980; he was a life member of Winthrop 
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Harbor V.F.W. #7448, and the Military Order of the Cooties, Ho 
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Tai Chapter #067, and he was a member of Zion-Benton Moose 
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#667; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He enjoyed gardening, fixing cars for his friends, 
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and operating his tractor; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his sister, Doris 
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Olson; and his parents, Clarence and Anne (nee Witte) McBride; 
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    WHEREAS, Donald McBride is survived by his wife of 52 
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years, Inda (nee Banes); his daughter, Tanya Marie (Charles) 
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McBride-Churchill; his son, Frank D. McBride; his five 
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grandchildren, Israel Love, Jacob McBride, Hannah Morin, 
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Nathan McBride, and Andrea Payne; his four 
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great-grandchildren; his siblings, Ethel Tagness, Earl (Lois) 
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McBride, Gladys (Kermit) Kiecker, Jean McBride, and Fran Piehl; 
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and his many 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 Donald McBride; 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 Donald McBride as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.