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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Duane J. Broomfield of Rockford, who 
4passed away on February 24, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield was born in Boise City, Oklahoma 
6on September 18, 1934 to Thurlow and Violet (nee Kittle) 
7Broomfield; he was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and 
8a  1952 graduate of West High School; he served in the United 
9States Marine Corps and married Shirley Picchione on November 
1015, 1958 at St. Anthony Church; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield worked as a carpenter and owned 
12Winnebago Counter Tops; he was an excellent woodworker and 
13always helped family and friends with their home remodeling; 
14and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield coached baseball at Kenrock 
16Community Center and the Rockford Red Wings fast pitch softball 
17team; he volunteered at Head Start and was a regular blood 
18donor; he enjoyed vacations, going out to eat with family and 
19friends, golfing, bowling, and playing cards; he was an avid 
20Green Bay Packers fan; he loved taking walks with his wife 
21around the lakes in Geneva while eating a butter pecan ice 
22cream cone; he enjoyed watching his grandchildren play soccer, 
 
 
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1baseball, and football; he attended mass daily with his wife at 
2Presence Saint Anne; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield was preceded in death by his 
4parents; his brothers, Buford and Ted, Jr.; his  in-laws, Peter 
5and Tiny Picchione; and his sister-in-law, Linda; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield is survived by his wife of 56 
7years, Shirley; he was the proud father of Mark, Matt (Lynn), 
8and Paul; the proud grandfather of Steven (Jamie), Richard, 
9Alyssa, and Adam; the proud great-grandfather of Cade; the 
10brother of Vic; and the brother-in-law of David (Zan) 
11Picchione; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Duane J. Broomfield, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
15family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
16further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Duane Broomfield as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.