Full Text of SR0902 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
Dr. Norris A. Erickson, who passed away | 4 | | on August 20, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson was born on April 6, 1944, in | 6 | | Davenport, Iowa; he was the son of Alvin and Lila Erickson; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson served his country with pride | 8 | | as a member of the United States Army from 1965 to 1967; during | 9 | | his stint in the Army, he was stationed in Panama as a military | 10 | | policeman; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson graduated from Palmer College | 12 | | of Chiropractic in 1972, following in the footsteps of his | 13 | | father, mother, and aunt; after graduation, he moved to | 14 | | Sandwich, where he joined his aunt, Dr. Jennette Nelson, at her | 15 | | chiropractic office; in 1976, he moved to Aurora and opened the | 16 | | Erickson Chiropractic Center, one of the largest children's | 17 | | practices in Aurora; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson was one of 33 in the first | 19 | | graduating class at Palmer College to receive his LCP from the | 20 | | Palmer Legion of Chiropractic Philosophers in 2000; that same | 21 | | year, he was awarded with a Fellow in the Palmer Academy of |
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| 1 | | Chiropractic for his valued contributions to Palmer College and | 2 | | to the advancement of the chiropractic profession; in 2001, he | 3 | | was awarded the Distinguished Fellow from the International | 4 | | Chiropractic Association in recognition of his outstanding | 5 | | contributions to his patients, chiropractics, and humanity in | 6 | | general; in 2005, he earned his Diplomate in Philosophical | 7 | | Chiropractic Standard from the International Chiropractic | 8 | | Association Council of Chiropractic Philosophy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson was a long-serving Commander | 10 | | on the Roosevelt Aurora Post 84 American Legion; he was a past | 11 | | Kane County Commander of the American Legion and Passe Chef de | 12 | | Gare of the 40 & 8 elite of the American Legion; he was a member | 13 | | of Masonic Lodge #254 and the Aurora Area Shrine Club; he also | 14 | | served as a member on the Aurora Airport board for two decades; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson was instrumental in bringing | 17 | | the Moving Wall to Aurora in 1989 and in the renaming of | 18 | | Veterans Island, as well as the memorial on it dedicated to all | 19 | | past, present, and future veterans; he was also instrumental in | 20 | | the revival of Aurora's Fourth of July parade; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson sponsored numerous successful | 22 | | softball teams during the 1980's and was referred to by some as | 23 | | the George Steinbrenner of the Fox Valley; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Norris Erickson is survived by his wife, | 2 | | Sally; his daughters, Krista Erickson Tetter, Karsta (Bill) | 3 | | Erickson, and Christine (Tom) Watt; his son, Phillip Baratta; | 4 | | and his grandchildren, Kyra Erickson Tetter, Kelsen Erickson, | 5 | | and Rocco and Anthony Watt; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Norris A. Erickson; | 9 | | and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Dr. Norris Erickson as an expression | 12 | | of our sympathy.
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