Full Text of SR0837 94th General Assembly
SR0837 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 Harold Myron Cox of | 4 |
| Brighton on Tuesday, September 26, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on December 15, 1932, in White Hall to | 6 |
| Harvey Wayne and Maude Geraldine (Fox) Cox; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 8 |
| U.S. Army during the Korean War; he was a sergeant with the | 9 |
| Alton Police Department, serving from May 1957 to June 1977; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cox was a member of the Alton VFW Post 1308, a | 12 |
| former member of the Alton Eagles #254, and was a 1951 graduate | 13 |
| from Roodhouse High School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was united in marriage to Janice Metzler on | 15 |
| December 4, 1987, in Jerseyville; she preceded him in death on | 16 |
| September 24, 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Harold Myron Cox has been deeply | 18 |
| felt by many, especially his daughters and sons-in-law, Linda | 19 |
| and Bill Fitzgerald, Catherine and Greg Lister, Karen and Jeff | 20 |
| Auston, and Debbie and Bob Clothier; his grandchildren, Matt | 21 |
| Fitzgerald, Laura Fitzgerald, Mary Cordes, Sarah Paddock, | 22 |
| Becky Saville, Emily Paddock, Hannah Auston, Adam Lister, Eric | 23 |
| Lister, and Ashley, Cory, and David Clothier; his | 24 |
| step-grandchildren, Jason Auston and Jamie Auston; his | 25 |
| great-grandson, Brian Matthew Fitzgerald; and his brother, | 26 |
| Cloyd E. Cox; in addition to his wife, he was preceded in death | 27 |
| by his parents, and his brothers, Hal Melvin Cox and Gerald H. | 28 |
| Cox; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 |
| Harold M. Cox, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 3 |
| family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy.
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