Full Text of SR1339 99th 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 Carl Leonard LaMarr, Ed.D., who passed | 4 | | away on December 10, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Carl LaMarr was born on September 20, 1935 in | 6 | | Cordele, Georgia; his parents were Jesse and Lela LaMarr; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Music played a very important part of Dr. Carl | 8 | | LaMarr's life; his trumpet took him to Chicago to study at the | 9 | | Vandercook College of Music; during his service in the United | 10 | | States Army, he played his horn in a United States Army band | 11 | | and at military funerals; he later taught music in Chicago, | 12 | | where he met his future wife, Sonya Frances Saxton; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1966, Dr. Carl LaMarr moved his family to | 14 | | Alaska to teach native students at a Bureau of Indian Affairs | 15 | | boarding school in Wrangell; he later moved to Anchorage, where | 16 | | he taught music in the Anchorage School District while he | 17 | | continued his education, earning a master's degree from the | 18 | | University of Alaska and a doctorate in education and | 19 | | administration from the University of Southern California; | 20 | | rising through the ranks of school administration of the | 21 | | Anchorage School District, first as Deputy Superintendent and | 22 | | ultimately serving as Superintendent; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Dr. Carl LaMarr and his | 2 | | wife explored the United States in their motor home for 2 | 3 | | years, occasionally bringing their granddaughters along for | 4 | | the journey; they also took their love of traveling overseas to | 5 | | visit more than 25 countries; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Carl LaMarr was preceded in death by his | 7 | | siblings, Mamie, Bertha, Nancy, Ethel, Jones King, Jesse, | 8 | | Brodis, Catherine, and Mildred; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Carl LaMarr is survived by his wife of 59 | 10 | | years, Sonya; his daughters, Carla and Catherine; his | 11 | | son-in-law, Herbert; his granddaughters, Gabrielle and | 12 | | Genevieve; his sisters-in-law; his many nieces and nephews; and | 13 | | his many friends; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 16 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Carl Leonard LaMarr, | 17 | | Ed.D.; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Dr. Carl LaMarr as an expression of | 20 | | our sympathy.
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