Full Text of SR0674 101st 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 Judge Thomas More "Tom" Schippers of | 4 | | Mundelein, who passed away on September 6, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge Schippers graduated from Loyola University | 6 | | Chicago School of Law; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Judge Schippers was appointed as an Associate | 8 | | Judge on March 8, 2007; he was elected as Circuit Judge on | 9 | | November 6, 2012 and retained by the voters in November 2018; | 10 | | in addition to private practice, he served as an Assistant Lake | 11 | | County State's Attorney, an Assistant Illinois Attorney | 12 | | General, and as Senior Investigative Counsel for the United | 13 | | States House of Representatives; most recently, he served as | 14 | | the Presiding Judge of the Lake County Civil Division; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Judge Schippers was a member of the Illinois Bar | 16 | | Association and the Knights of Columbus; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Judge Schippers was a man of great faith and a | 18 | | devoted public servant; he was a dedicated family man; he will | 19 | | be remembered for his keen intellect, sense of humor, guidance, | 20 | | and support; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judge Schippers is survived by his wife, Carol | 2 | | Elaine Chartier Schippers; his children, Allison (Paul | 3 | | Hubberts) Schippers, Thomas (Jacqueline) Schippers, and Scott | 4 | | Schippers; his grandchildren, Theo Hubberts and Tommy and Henry | 5 | | Schippers; and his siblings, Kathleen (Michael Batka) | 6 | | Schippers, David Philip (Pat Connor) Schippers III, Tiyi (David | 7 | | Bunce) Schippers, Ann (Bob) Winter, Colleen (Lou) Margolis, | 8 | | Kevin (Beth) Schippers, Mimi (Scott Bullock) Schippers, Pat | 9 | | (Trisha Schippers), and Peter (Laura Taylor) Schippers; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Judge Thomas More "Tom" Schippers and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Judge Schippers as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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