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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 Theodore "Theo" Stephens of Dolton, who 
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passed away on December 11, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on July 28, 1950 in Phenix City, 
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Alabama, the son of Robert and Frankie (Jackson) Stephens; on 
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July 13, 1985 he married Ann Mayden; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Theo Stephens worked at Illinois Workers' 
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Compensation Commission and was due to retire at the end of 
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2007 after twenty-nine years of service; he was a graduate of 
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Fort Valley State University, where he majored in music; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army from 1974 to 
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1976 and played saxophone with the military band; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He loved sports and playing his saxophone; he was 
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a member of Logos Baptist Assembly in Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Theodore "Theo" Stephens will be 
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deeply felt by those who knew and loved him, especially his 
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wife, Ann (Mayden) Stephens; his daughter, Donna (Jamal) 
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Rochelle; his grandson, Dontae Rochelle; his mother, Frankie 
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Stephens; his sisters, Christine Walker and Betty Brown; and 
 


 






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his brothers, Albert and James Stephens;  he was preceded in 
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death by his father, Robert Stephens; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Theodore "Theo" 
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Stephens; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Theodore Stephens as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.