Full Text of SR1329 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Samuel "Sam" Marcusson, who passed away | 4 | | on July 19, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sam Marcusson was born in Portland, Oregon to | 6 | | Agnes and Manfred Marcusson on January 21, 1945; when he was | 7 | | about a year old his parents moved to Sweden, and he lived | 8 | | there until he was about five, at which time his family | 9 | | returned to the U.S. and settled in Chicago; he met Darlene on | 10 | | September 17, 1966, and they were engaged by that Thanksgiving; | 11 | | they married on April 22, 1967 and settled on the north side of | 12 | | Chicago; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sam Marcusson and Darlene had their first child, | 14 | | Nicole, in 1972; the family moved to St. Charles, and he was | 15 | | hired by the city to work in the street department; he also | 16 | | served as an on call firefighter and was assigned to the aerial | 17 | | ladder truck; their second child, Bethany, was born in 1976; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Sam Marcusson loved his girls and was never too | 20 | | tired at the end of the day to play with them; he also | 21 | | volunteered at their school and never missed one of their | 22 | | softball or volleyball games; he loved to take the girls |
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| 1 | | "sailing" on Saturdays, going to the best garage sales in town | 2 | | and treasure hunting; he was a very faithful, giving, caring | 3 | | person and throughout his life never hesitated to help anyone | 4 | | in need; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Sam Marcusson helped resettle Vietnamese refugees | 6 | | in the 1970s; he volunteered extensively at a homeless shelter | 7 | | in Aurora in the 1980s; he and his wife founded a homeless | 8 | | shelter in St. Charles in 1997, the Lazarus House, which is now | 9 | | an established part of the community and has helped thousands | 10 | | of people over the years; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Sam Marcusson's first grandchild, Samuel Marcus, | 12 | | was born in 2002; the following year, his second grandson, | 13 | | Micah Marcus, was born; he adored the boys and shared his love | 14 | | of fishing with them; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Sam Marcusson and Darlene retired and moved to | 16 | | Coconut Creek, Florida in 2012 and began volunteering with a | 17 | | homeless ministry; one night when Sam was volunteering at a | 18 | | soup kitchen, a homeless guest came to the door barefoot and | 19 | | told Sam that someone had stolen his shoes; without a moment's | 20 | | hesitation, Sam stepped out of his shoes and offered them as a | 21 | | replacement; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Samuel "Sam" Marcusson and extend our sincere condolences to | 3 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Sam Marcusson as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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