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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 Stephen Mark "Steve" Holy of Champaign, |
| 4 | | who passed away on December 13, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Steve Holy was born in Urbana on January 16, 1954 |
| 6 | | to Fred and Ethelyeen (nee Hoppler) Holy; he went to Garden |
| 7 | | Hills Elementary School and graduated from Champaign Central |
| 8 | | High School in 1972; he earned an Associate in Graphic Design |
| 9 | | at Parkland College and his bachelor's degree in legal studies |
| 10 | | from Kaplan University; he married Jeanne Brown in 1974; he |
| 11 | | married Kristen Fischer on May 5, 2005; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Steve Holy worked for Kraft, Champaign Audio |
| 13 | | Visual, Digital Media Group, the Police Training Institute, and |
| 14 | | finally the Erwin, Martinkus & Cole Law Firm; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Steve Holy was a lifelong practitioner of martial |
| 16 | | arts and a teacher; he was martial arts director at the |
| 17 | | Guardian Dragon Dojo, Yon-Dan (fourth degree-Isshin-Ryu |
| 18 | | Karate) and second-generation black belt under Grandmaster |
| 19 | | Shimabuku; he also taught self-defense classes at Parkland |
| 20 | | College and Urbana Adult Education; in recent years, he |
| 21 | | provided private firearm training and self-defense lessons; |
| 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Steve Holy enjoyed classic rock music and sci-fi |
| 2 | | movies and was passionate about firing guns at his private |
| 3 | | shooting range; he enjoyed making home improvements and |
| 4 | | upgrading his and Kristen's rural property; he loved animals, |
| 5 | | especially Cassie, the dog he and Kris adopted from the |
| 6 | | Champaign County Humane Society; he was fond of family |
| 7 | | gatherings, often hosting them with Kristen in their home; he |
| 8 | | especially liked seeing his sons every Thursday night for the |
| 9 | | gathering of the "Holy Men"; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Steve Holy was preceded in death by his |
| 11 | | grandparents, Harold and Gertrude (Dorsey) Hoppler and Josef |
| 12 | | and Millie (Rehor) Holy; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Steve Holy is survived by his wife, Kristen; his |
| 14 | | sons, Matt Holy (Kara Beyer) and Patrick Holy (Aimee Densmore); |
| 15 | | his parents; his 2 sisters, Eileen Miller (Thomas Miller) and |
| 16 | | Ellen Holy (Greg Sellers); his sister-in-law, Hannah Bonicatto |
| 17 | | (Dan Bonicatto) and her sons, Tony Ehl and Andy Ehl; his |
| 18 | | sister-in-law, Jackie Myers (Paulette Ratkovich); his |
| 19 | | brother-in-law, Jonathan Fischer (Vi); his many aunts, uncles, |
| 20 | | and cousins; and Cassie, his faithful canine; therefore, be it
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |