Full Text of SR0573 94th General Assembly
SR0573 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 Thomas W. Birdsell of | 4 |
| Beardstown on Sunday, January 8, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born November 7, 1941, in Beardstown to | 6 |
| Fred and Maxine Armstrong Birdsell; he married Linda Lynn on | 7 |
| June 7, 1970, at the First Christian Church in Beardstown; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Birdsell graduated from Chandlerville High | 9 |
| School in 1959 and was employed at Lauder Junkyard in | 10 |
| Beardstown until he began working as a prison guard at Joliet | 11 |
| State Penitentiary from 1961 to 1963; from 1963 until 1969, he | 12 |
| was employed as a Beardstown City Police Officer, and during | 13 |
| this time also served as Beardstown Chief of Police; he was the | 14 |
| youngest chief in the State of Illinois at that time; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked as a drivers license examiner for the | 16 |
| Secretary of the State of Illinois from May 1969 until November | 17 |
| 1969; in November 1969, he began his service as an Illinois | 18 |
| State Police Officer until his retirement in December 1998, at | 19 |
| which time he was a sergeant in Vehicle Investigation; from | 20 |
| 1999 until his death, he was employed with Cass County Human | 21 |
| Resource Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Birdsell was a faithful member of First | 23 |
| Christian Church, where he served as a deacon and enjoyed his | 24 |
| involvement in many of the church activities; he enjoyed | 25 |
| repairing cars, traveling, and having coffee with his friends; | 26 |
| he truly loved his wife, children, grandchildren, and family | 27 |
| and deeply valued the time he spent with them; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Thomas W. Birdsell has been deeply | 29 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Linda Lynn; his mother | 30 |
| Maxine Birdsell; his son, Travis (wife Angie) Birdsell; his |
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| daughter, Tierney Birdsell; his grandchildren, Michael and | 2 |
| Madison Birdsell; his brothers, Jim (wife Christine) Birdsell | 3 |
| and Gary Birdsell; his sisters, Alma (husband Larry) Schall, | 4 |
| Carolyn (husband John) Rhea, and Pat (husband Don) Bingham; and | 5 |
| his numerous nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by | 6 |
| his father; his brother, Fred Birdsell Jr.; his grandsons, | 7 |
| Andrew Thomas and Gregory Brandon; and his nephew, Jamie | 8 |
| Birdsell; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 |
| Thomas W. Birdsell, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 12 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 16 |
| sympathy.
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