Full Text of SR0560 97th General Assembly
SR0560 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 Reverend J. Robert Sandman of Oak Brook, | 4 | | who passed away on January 16, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was a retired United Church of Christ minister; | 6 | | he grew up in Newport, Kentucky; after graduation from Oberlin | 7 | | College in Ohio, Union Theological Seminary in New York, and | 8 | | receiving a Doctor of Ministry Degree from United Seminary in | 9 | | Dayton, Ohio, Reverend Sandman served as Migrant Ministry state | 10 | | director and pastor of a Columbus, Ohio church; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He later worked in United Church of Christ | 12 | | denominational administration, retiring in 1992 as Associate | 13 | | Conference Minister in the Illinois Conference; he dedicated | 14 | | his life to service and justice ministries such as civil | 15 | | rights, anti-Vietnam War marches, new church ministries for | 16 | | immigrant minority communities, and farmworker labor rights; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in | 19 | | civil rights demonstrations and befriended Cesar Chavez; he | 20 | | worked with the Migrant Ministry and the National Farm Worker | 21 | | Ministry; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After retiring he and his wife spent a year of | 2 | | volunteer work in Istanbul, Turkey, among Iraqi, Iranian, and | 3 | | Bosnian refugees, plus hundreds of African economic migrants; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Richard A. | 6 | | Sandman; and his grandson, Nicholas Sandman; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Reverend J. Robert Sandman is survived by his | 8 | | wife, Olgha Sierra Sandman; his sons, Robert D. Sandman (Kathy) | 9 | | and Rodney P. Sandman (Karin); his daughter, Linda E. Sandman | 10 | | (Richard Wheelock); his 8 grandchildren; and his 2 | 11 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | his family and friends, the passing of Reverend J. Robert | 15 | | Sandman; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Reverend J. Robert Sandman as a | 18 | | symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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