Full Text of SR0170 96th General Assembly
SR0170 96TH 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 Roger D. Brown of Pontiac, who passed | 4 |
| away on March 14, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on January 9, 1935 in Bloomington, the | 6 |
| son of Cecil and Helen (Moschel) Brown; he married Margery | 7 |
| Esmond on August 20, 1955 in Chenoa; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 1953 graduate of Pontiac Township High | 9 |
| School and attended the University of Illinois; he was a medic | 10 |
| in the Army Reserve in 1957 and 1958; and he farmed for more | 11 |
| than 50 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church | 13 |
| in Pontiac, where he served as a deacon, elder, and member of | 14 |
| the choir; he was involved in the Vermillion Players and the | 15 |
| Bloomington Community Players; he was a member of the Pontiac | 16 |
| Elks Lodge and the former Pontiac Moose Lodge; and he was a | 17 |
| past board member of the Graymont Grade School, Rooks Creek | 18 |
| Township, and Rooks Creek Co-op; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a past Livingston County board member, | 20 |
| appointed in 1982 and serving until 2000; he served as County | 21 |
| Board chairman from December of 1994 until 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved to attend his grandchildren's | 2 |
| activities; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger Brown is survived by his wife, Margery; his | 5 |
| son, Paul (Linda) Brown; his daughter, Angela (Tony) Padula; | 6 |
| and his grandchildren, Dana, Corey, and Seth Brown and Lauren | 7 |
| and Nicole Padula; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Roger D. Brown; and be | 11 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Roger D. Brown as a symbol of our | 14 |
| sincere sympathy.
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