Full Text of SR0657 98th 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 Larry S. Mills of Danville, who passed | 4 | | away on July 5, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills was born on January 17, 1955, in | 6 | | Elgin; his parents were Robert C. and Betty (Sholes) Mills; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills had a long legal career as an | 8 | | assistant State's Attorney in Vermilion County and by later | 9 | | opening his own private law practice; he was jokingly known as | 10 | | a "walking law encyclopedia" and was always happy to answer | 11 | | questions from both prosecutors and defense attorneys; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills was a member of the David Palmer Civic | 13 | | Center Board and the Vermilion County Board; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills enjoyed books and was a member of two | 15 | | book clubs; he had a passion for movies and the theater and | 16 | | traveled annually to Stratford, Ontario for the Shakespeare | 17 | | festival; he also enjoyed cooking, long leisurely meals with | 18 | | his friends, and sharing a glass of wine with the ones he | 19 | | loved; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills was preceded in death by his mother |
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| 1 | | and his first wife, Ann Mills; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Larry Mills is survived by his father, Robert; his | 3 | | brother, Steve Mills; his sister, Cathy Yant; his nieces, | 4 | | Samantha Piper and Jamie (Scott) Burpo; his nephews, Levi | 5 | | (Kirsten) Yant, Jim (Kim) Mills, and Jason (Natalie) Mills; his | 6 | | special friends, Jan Keeler, Sue Woods, Lynda Morgan, and Frank | 7 | | Young; and his many great-nieces and great-nephews; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 11 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Larry S. Mills; and be | 12 | | it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Larry Mills as an expression of our | 15 | | sympathy.
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