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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 Retired Lieutenant Colonel Harold E. |
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| Briggs Sr., U.S.M.C., of Granite City, who passed away on April |
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| 3, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 22, 1926, in Granite City; after |
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| high school he joined the Merchant Marines and then attended |
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| McKendree College from 1946 until 1950, where he also played |
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| college football for four years; after graduating he worked at |
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| Granite City Steel for a short time; and
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| WHEREAS, Before entering the field of education as a |
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| teacher, he interrupted his teaching to serve his country in |
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| the United States Marine Corps in the Korean Conflict; he |
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| stayed in the reserves until retiring in 1972 at the rank of |
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| Lieutenant Colonel, after 23 years of faithful service; and
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| WHEREAS, He returned to the Granite City School District |
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| and worked as a principal of an elementary school and coached |
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| the freshman high school football team for 15 years; he then |
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| become the first assistant for the Madison County |
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| Superintendent of Schools for seven years and served as |
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| Superintendent for 14 years until his retirement in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Briggs had a BA Degree, a Masters in |
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| Education, and the following certificates in teaching: |
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| Specialist certificate, All Grade Supervisory, Elementary and |
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| High School Supervisory, and Administrative and Educational |
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| Specialist; he was honored for his work in education with an |
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| Honorary Doctorate Degree in 1987 from McKendree College; after |
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| retirement he volunteered at the Granite City Hospital for many |
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| years and served as a trustee for the Nameoki Township for over |
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| 12 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Niedringhaus United |
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| Methodist Church and a avid bowler, once bowling a perfect 300 |
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| game for which he received an award; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry |
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| Arthur and Myrtle F., nee Hughes, Briggs; and his brother, |
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| Harry A. Briggs Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Harold Briggs Sr. is survived by his wife of 60 |
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| years, Elizabeth A., nee Phillips, Briggs, whom he married on |
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| June 1, 1949, in Flora; his sons, Tim Briggs and Gene Briggs; |
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| his sisters, Isla Mae Williams and Erma Lee Rash; as well as |
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| several nieces and nephews and many extended family members and |
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| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |