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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Vern L. Aldridge of Maywood, formerly of |
| 4 | | Summit, who passed away on September 29, 2010; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born June 3, 1938, to William Aldridge and |
| 6 | | Lucille Jones in Cairo; he attended grade school in District |
| 7 | | 104 and graduated from Argo Community High School in 1953; he |
| 8 | | excelled in basketball and football and was the first person to |
| 9 | | score points in the new gymnasium at his high school; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, He married his wife, Heloise, in 1956; he served |
| 11 | | in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1979, |
| 12 | | attaining the rank of Sergeant; he then led R.O.T.C. training |
| 13 | | at Dunbar High School for over twenty years before his |
| 14 | | retirement; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, He was baptized under the leadership of the late |
| 16 | | Reverend Henry Blackwell at Antioch Baptist Church; he was a |
| 17 | | long time Officer, and served as Chairman of the Trustee |
| 18 | | Ministry, President of the Laymen Ministry, and as a member of |
| 19 | | the Male Chorus; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, He became a Mason in 1959; showing exemplary |
| 21 | | conduct, he was elevated to the Worshipful Master of Jacob |
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| 1 | | Lodge #8, Patron of Electa Chapter #4, the Most Worshipful |
| 2 | | Grand Master of Hiram Grand Lodge; in the Supreme he was |
| 3 | | elected the Supreme Secretary General and the Supreme Imperial |
| 4 | | Potentate; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his sister, Mildred; |
| 6 | | and his children, Dawn and Vern, Jr.; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Vern Aldridge is survived by his wife of 54 years, |
| 8 | | Heloise; his sons, Brandon (Vicki) and Douglas Brown; his |
| 9 | | grandsons, Nathan, Kaylan, and Chanz; his granddaughter, |
| 10 | | Khayla; his brother, Claude "Dick" Aldridge; his |
| 11 | | mother-in-law, Marie Williams; his nephew, Carl Polk; his |
| 12 | | nieces, Stephanie, Mathell, and Paulette; his six |
| 13 | | great-grandnephews; his two great-grandnieces; his special |
| 14 | | friends; his devoted neighbors; his Masonic family; and his |
| 15 | | cousins, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Vern Aldridge; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Vern Aldridge as a symbol of our |
| 22 | | sincere sympathy.
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