Full Text of SR1118 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 Henry Albert "Alby" Plain of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on April 19, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alby Plain was born in Springfield to Henry U. and | 6 | | Nova Brantley Plain on July 28, 1927; he attended Springfield | 7 | | High School and graduated from The Todd School in 1945; he | 8 | | served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated from | 9 | | the University of Illinois in 1950; he was a varsity baseball | 10 | | pitcher while at the University of Illinois and played | 11 | | professional baseball for four years in the minor leagues for | 12 | | the Chicago Cubs; he married Dolores Hashman in 1953; he | 13 | | married Marian McDermott in 2000; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Alby Plain became a teacher for the Springfield | 15 | | School District in 1953 and was an assistant basketball coach | 16 | | for Springfield High School when they won the championship in | 17 | | 1959; he was the head basketball coach for Springfield High | 18 | | School from 1962 to 1965; he received a master's degree from | 19 | | Illinois State University in 1966 and became a counselor at | 20 | | Springfield High School; he was the head counselor and | 21 | | assistant principal at Springfield High School when he retired | 22 | | in 1988; he was also the treasurer of the Springfield Teacher's | 23 | | Credit Union for 12 years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, During the summers from 1958 to 1970, Alby Plain | 2 | | and Cliff Tozer ran TP Day Camp for Springfield youth; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Alby Plain was inducted into the Springfield | 4 | | Sports Hall of Fame; he was member of Blessed Sacrament Parish | 5 | | and the Sangamo Club and was a past member of the American | 6 | | Business Club; he loved to play golf with his friends at The | 7 | | Rail; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Alby Plain was preceded in death by his first | 9 | | wife, Dolores; his second wife, Marian; and his brother, | 10 | | Richard Brantley Plain; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Alby Plain is survived by his daughter, Sally | 12 | | Marie (Hank) Steining; his son, Henry Albert (Lisa) Plain Jr.; | 13 | | his stepchildren, John Richard (Barb) McDermott Jr., Michael | 14 | | Edwards "Muggs" (Denise) McDermott, Kevin Neerman McDermott, | 15 | | Martha Louise "Cookie" McDermott, Maureen Lynn "Bubby" | 16 | | (Travis) Wayne, John Peter McDermott, and Melissa Leigh | 17 | | McDermott; his grandchildren, Caitlyn Jane Steining (Jay) | 18 | | Wilson, Henry Albert (Jessica) Plain III, and Alexandra Marie | 19 | | Plain (Tommy) Carter; and three great-grandchildren; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Henry Albert "Alby" Plain and extend our sincere condolences to | 3 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Alby Plain as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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