Full Text of SR0750 96th General Assembly
SR0750 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
John D. Purdy, formerly of Hinsdale, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 16, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, John Purdy was born on July 22, 1917, in Highland | 6 |
| Park; he married his loving wife, Marjorie, in 1939; he | 7 |
| graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in | 8 |
| 1936 and attended Yale University; and
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| WHEREAS, John Purdy was employed for 24 years in the steel | 10 |
| pipe fabricating business; in 1962, after many years of | 11 |
| volunteer service, he decided to spend the rest of his career | 12 |
| working in human services; he worked first with the Community | 13 |
| Renewal Society as Director of Development, and then as | 14 |
| Associate Executive Director of United Charities of Chicago | 15 |
| until his retirement in 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, John Purdy was active in the Boy Scouts and the | 17 |
| Union Church of Hinsdale, where he taught Sunday school and | 18 |
| served in many leadership positions; he helped to establish the | 19 |
| Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ in Sanibel, | 20 |
| Florida in the early 1980s; he was also an active member of the | 21 |
| Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago and a founding member of the | 22 |
| Jolly Boys singing group; and
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| WHEREAS, John Purdy was preceded in death by his loving | 2 |
| wife of 59 years, Marjorie; and
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| WHEREAS, John Purdy is survived by his children, John D. | 4 |
| Purdy, Jr. and his wife, Anne, Jane H. Purdy, William K. Purdy | 5 |
| and his wife, Mollie, Meredith P. Clapp and her husband, | 6 |
| Eugene, M. Hui MacDonagh and her husband, Michael, and | 7 |
| Elizabeth C. Purdy; his 13 grandchildren; and his 10 | 8 |
| great-grandchildren; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, John Purdy will be remembered fondly by all who | 10 |
| knew and loved him for his wonderful sense of humor, his | 11 |
| booming voice, his love of people, poetry, and music, and his | 12 |
| kindness to all; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of John D. Purdy; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of John Purdy as an expression of our | 19 |
| sympathy.
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