Full Text of SR1064 100th 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 Bolingbrook Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown Sr., | 4 | | who passed away on October 31, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown severed in Vietnam with the | 6 | | Green Berets; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown moved to Bolingbrook in 1976; | 8 | | he was married to Pat for 51 years and has two sons, Leroy Jr. | 9 | | and Jeffrey, and five grandchildren; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown was a committed community | 11 | | volunteer for more than 40 years; from 1976 to 2017, he served | 12 | | as president of the Indian Oaks Condo Association; from 1990 | 13 | | through 1993, he served as a fire and police board | 14 | | commissioner; from 1993 to 2000, he served on the village board | 15 | | of trustees; from 2000 until 2017, he also served as deputy | 16 | | mayor; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown founded the Bolingbrook | 18 | | Joyfest and Bridging the Gap, which aired on Bolingbrook | 19 | | Community Television from 1996 through 2017; he attended many | 20 | | annual events sponsored by VFW Post 5917, American Legion Post | 21 | | 1288, the Knights of Columbus, the Black History Awareness |
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| 1 | | Club, Heart Haven Outreach, the Community Service Council, and | 2 | | the HEART Organization; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Mayor Brown collected a long list of local | 4 | | honors, including the Bolingbrook Area Chamber of Commerce's | 5 | | Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009; in 2016, he was named grand | 6 | | marshal of the Pathways Parade; in 2017, he was named a Paul | 7 | | Harris Fellow by the Bolingbrook Rotary Club and was praised by | 8 | | Citizens Against Abuse for committing 19 years to defending | 9 | | their cause; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Bolingbrook Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown Sr., and extend our | 13 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 14 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Deputy Mayor Brown as an expression | 17 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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