Full Text of SR0901 95th General Assembly
SR0901 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Matthew Roy Allen of Waukegan, who passed | 4 |
| away on September 25, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born February 4, 1977, in Waukegan;
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| was a kind, genuine soul who loved and was loved by all people | 7 |
| he came into contact with; he was a poet at heart, whose talent | 8 |
| for the written word inspired those who loved him; and
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| WHEREAS, His favorite pastimes included spending time with | 10 |
| his two children, Jeffrey and Caitlin, who brought sheer joy to | 11 |
| Matthew's life, playing guitar with his brother William Allen, | 12 |
| and humbly composing poems; and
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| WHEREAS, Matthew was preceded in death by his father, | 14 |
| William Jeffrey Allen; his grandfathers, William Claude Allen | 15 |
| and Roy Eugene Robinson; and his brother, Jonathan Miller; and
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| WHEREAS, Matthew is survived by his devoted mother, Laura | 17 |
| Allen; his beautiful children, Jeffrey and Caitlin Allen; his | 18 |
| brothers, William Allen and Christopher Miller (Jennifer); his | 19 |
| nieces, Krystin Allen, Stephanie Miller, Alexis Miller, and | 20 |
| Julianne Miller; and his grandmothers, Laura Lorenz and Elsie | 21 |
| Allen; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Matthew Allen; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Matthew Allen as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sincere sympathy.
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