Full Text of SR0177 96th General Assembly
SR0177 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 Walter Thomas Morey of Decatur, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 18, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Walter Thomas Morey was a 1936 graduate of Stephen | 6 |
| Decatur High School; in 1940 he graduated from the University | 7 |
| of Illinois and was elected President of the Student Senate, | 8 |
| Cadet Colonel of the ROTC, and Business Manager of the Illio; | 9 |
| he was also a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1941, his law studies at Harvard were | 11 |
| interrupted by the outbreak of World War II; he served three | 12 |
| years of active duty with the 36th Field Artillery in North | 13 |
| Africa, Italy, and France; Major Morey's unit was the first to | 14 |
| fire on the mainland of Europe in 1943; he was decorated with | 15 |
| the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and three French Croix de | 16 |
| Guerre, awarded by the French Government; and
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| WHEREAS, In November of 1945, Major Morey returned home and | 18 |
| married Dorothy Page Huff; in 1947, Walter graduated from | 19 |
| Harvard Law School and returned to Decatur to begin work as a | 20 |
| legal counsel for the A.E. Staley Company; and
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| WHEREAS, At the outbreak of the Korean War, he served as a |
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| battalion commander in Korea until 1951; upon his return to | 2 |
| Decatur, he practiced law alongside his father; in 1955 he | 3 |
| organized Soy Capital Bank and five years later he founded | 4 |
| Security Savings and Loan; and he was a partner in the | 5 |
| development of Brettwood Village Shopping Center; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected to the Decatur City Council in 1960 | 7 |
| and served six years; over the course of his profession, Walter | 8 |
| was honored to be a Millikin Trustee and member of the | 9 |
| University of Illinois President's Council; he served as | 10 |
| president of the Decatur Bar Association, the Rotary Club, the | 11 |
| United Way of Macon County, and the American Red Cross; and he | 12 |
| served as an elder at First Presbyterian Church; and
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| WHEREAS, After 50 years of tireless work and energy, he | 14 |
| retired in 2005; Walter was an avid lover of history, travel, | 15 |
| adventure, and Tabasco sauce; his sense of humor and challenge | 16 |
| for others to succeed will always be remembered; and
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| WHEREAS, Walter's family includes his wife of sixty-three | 18 |
| years, Dorothy; his three daughters, Madelyn Morey, Cynthia | 19 |
| Smith and her husband Robert C. Smith, and Marcia Morey; his | 20 |
| sister, Barbara Morey Shade; his grandchildren, Sean and | 21 |
| Cassandra Smith, Trevor Smith and Nathan Smith, Rob and Leslie | 22 |
| Gandy, Page Gandy, and Jamie Kerr; and his great-grandson, | 23 |
| Hudson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Walter Morey; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Walter Morey as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sincere sympathy.
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