Full Text of SR0547 94th General Assembly
SR0547 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Carroll A. Johnson of | 4 |
| Rushville on Thursday, December 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 11, 1925, in Huntsville | 6 |
| Township to Ira "Bert" and Ethel Phelps Johnson; he married | 7 |
| Betty McCutchan in 1961 in Plymouth; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, | 9 |
| serving from 1943 to 1946 as an electrical mate second class on | 10 |
| the USS Roi; he was awarded the victory medal; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson graduated from Plymouth High School in | 12 |
| 1942, attended Gem City College in Quincy, and received a | 13 |
| bachelor's degree in math and science from Western Illinois | 14 |
| University in 1951 and a master's degree in administration in | 15 |
| 1964; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a farmer, raised hogs, and owned Johnson | 17 |
| Bros. Trucking in Plymouth for several years; he taught math | 18 |
| and physics at Rushville High School from 1951 to 1966, was | 19 |
| principal of Rushville High School, and was assistant | 20 |
| superintendent in 1967 and superintendent from 1967 until his | 21 |
| retirement in 1990; he then served as interim superintendent | 22 |
| with the Plymouth School District and a consultant with | 23 |
| Consulting and Research Group; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of First United Methodist Church | 25 |
| in Rushville, where served as a trustee, usher, and on the | 26 |
| parsonage committee; the Plymouth American Legion Post 912; the | 27 |
| Western Administrative Round Table; Phi Kappa Delta | 28 |
| fraternity; the Educational League of Illinois; the Illinois | 29 |
| Association of School Administrators; the Illinois Principals | 30 |
| Association; the West Central Illinois Special Education |
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| Cooperative; and the Schuyler-Brown Retired Teacher's | 2 |
| Association; he was an organizing member of the Schuyler County | 3 |
| Education Foundation, a lifetime member of the Western Illinois | 4 |
| University Alumni Association, past president and Paul Harris | 5 |
| Fellow of the Rushville Rotary Club, Smiles Day Committee, and | 6 |
| Corridor 67 Committee; he was treasurer of the Culbertson | 7 |
| Memorial Hospital Board and member of the Culbertson Memorial | 8 |
| Hospital Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Carroll A. Johnson has been deeply | 10 |
| felt by many, especially wife, Betty; his daughter, Carol | 11 |
| (husband, Loren); his son, Garry Johnson; his granddaughter, | 12 |
| Ali Wilson; his niece; and his many great-nieces and nephews; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 |
| Carroll A. Johnson, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 17 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 21 |
| sympathy.
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