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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 Dr. Norbert T. "Doc" Patterson, who |
| 4 | | passed away on October 3, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson was born on July 1, 1933 in |
| 6 | | Chicago; his parents were James and Sarah Ann (nee Cully) |
| 7 | | Patterson; he married Lucille Chick on September 8, 1956 in |
| 8 | | Chicago; he and his wife moved to Harvard in 1958, where he |
| 9 | | started his optometric career; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson served his country as a |
| 11 | | member of the Army National Guard of Illinois from 1957 until |
| 12 | | his honorable discharge in 1963; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson graduated from the |
| 14 | | University of Illinois and the Illinois College of Optometry; |
| 15 | | and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson was a highly respected |
| 17 | | optometrist in Harvard for 55 years; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson was a member of the Illinois |
| 19 | | Optometric Association and the American Optometric |
| 20 | | Association; he was also a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in |
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| 1 | | Harvard for 56 years, where he served on the church council and |
| 2 | | sang in the Senior Choir; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson was a past president of the |
| 4 | | Harvard Rotary Club, where he proudly raised funds for student |
| 5 | | scholarships and had 54-plus years of perfect attendance in the |
| 6 | | Rotary; he was one of the original founders of the Harvard |
| 7 | | Swimming Pool, serving as President of the Board Association; |
| 8 | | he was a past chairman of the Harvard Milk Days, serving as the |
| 9 | | Milk Day Queen Chairman for over 25 years; he was also one of |
| 10 | | the founders of the Harvard Snow Gophers Snowmobile Club, |
| 11 | | enjoying trips north with the club members, and was a member of |
| 12 | | the Harvard Moose Lodge; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson enjoyed boating, swimming, |
| 14 | | snowmobiling, and entertaining his family and friends; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson was preceded in death by his |
| 16 | | beloved wife, Lucille; his parents; a brother, Melville; 2 |
| 17 | | brothers-in-law, Orville Pagles and James Hobbs; 2 |
| 18 | | sisters-in-law, Shirley Patterson and Dolores Cotter; and a |
| 19 | | great-nephew, Tyler Pagles; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norbert Patterson is survived by a sister, |
| 21 | | Dolores Pagles Hobbs; a twin brother, Dr. Norman S. Patterson; |
| 22 | | a sister-in-law, Charlene Patterson; a brother-in-law, Jack |
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| 1 | | Cotter; and many cousins in Northern Ireland; he was also a |
| 2 | | loving uncle to many nieces and nephews, Pamela (Kelly) Camp, |
| 3 | | David Camp, Brian (Jennifer) Camp, James (Linda) Pagles, |
| 4 | | Jonathan (Lillie) and Joshua Pagles, Cindy (Tim) Douglas, |
| 5 | | Jeffrey Patterson, Steven (Tina) Patterson, Donna Mirabelli, |
| 6 | | Scott Patterson, Todd (Stephanie) Patterson, Jay (Whitney) |
| 7 | | Patterson, Lynn (Jeff) Schabel, James (Anne) Patterson, Susan |
| 8 | | (Lou) Cotter-Lipschultz, Jeannie (Jim) Cotter-Sencion, and |
| 9 | | Joseph (Belinda) Cotter; therefore, be it
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 12 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dr. Norbert T. "Doc" |
| 13 | | Patterson; and be it further
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 15 | | presented to the family of Dr. Norbert Patterson as an |
| 16 | | expression of our sympathy.
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