Full Text of SR0481 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Joseph T. Brown of Rantoul, who passed | 4 | | away on December 5, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown was born on March 20, 1937, in | 6 | | Urbana; he was the son of James and Alta (Head) Brown; he | 7 | | married Sara Mae Hettinger on January 28, 1967, at the Holy | 8 | | Cross Catholic Church in Champaign; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown was raised on a farm near Penfield; | 10 | | he was a 1955 graduate of Rantoul Township High School; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown began his law enforcement career in | 12 | | Rantoul in 1959 as a patrolman; after serving in the United | 13 | | States Army for 2 years, he returned to the Rantoul Police | 14 | | Department; in 1965, he began his service with the Champaign | 15 | | County Sheriff's Office as deputy sheriff; he later ascended to | 16 | | the ranks of chief investigator and chief deputy; in 1978, he | 17 | | was elected to serve as Sheriff of Champaign County; he retired | 18 | | from that position in 1990 after 3 terms in office; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement, Joseph Brown worked for the | 20 | | Illinois Secretary of State for 9 years; in 2003, he began | 21 | | working for Champaign County as the county's public |
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| 1 | | administrator/guardian; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown served as a village trustee for 4 | 3 | | years; he served as mayor of Rantoul from 1997 to 2001; he also | 4 | | served on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards | 5 | | Board, the Illinois Lottery Board, and was a past president of | 6 | | the Illinois Sheriffs' Association; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown was a member of St. Malachy Catholic | 8 | | Church and a fourth-degree knight with the Rantoul Knights of | 9 | | Columbus; he was also a member of the Sons of the American | 10 | | Revolution; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown was preceded in death by his parents; | 12 | | his brother, Gerald Brown; and his sister, Mary (Brown) | 13 | | McCormick; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Brown is survived by his wife; his sons, | 15 | | John (Margaret) Brown, Anthony (Beth) Brown, Michael Brown, and | 16 | | Patrick (Toni) Brown; his brothers, James Brown, Gene (Mary Al) | 17 | | Brown, and Phil (Doris); his sisters, Ann (Cal) Miller and Judy | 18 | | (Max) Franks; his sister-in-law, Shirley Brown; and his | 19 | | grandchildren, Tyler, Ashley, Andrew, Sydney, Justin, Evan, | 20 | | and Elena; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | his family and friends, the passing of Joseph T. Brown; and be | 3 | | it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Joseph Brown as an expression of our | 6 | | sympathy.
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