Full Text of SR0513 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Fred Louis Miller Jr. of Oswego, who | 4 | | passed away on September 1, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller was born in Decatur to Fred Louis | 6 | | Miller Sr. and Mildred Conerly on January 28, 1946; he was | 7 | | baptized at New Salem Baptist Church in Decatur, and as a teen | 8 | | directed the youth choir and participated in many other | 9 | | activities; he graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in | 10 | | 1965, where he was class vice president as a junior and was | 11 | | involved with the cadet band, the concert band, the concert | 12 | | choir, the all-state music festival, the German club, | 13 | | football, baseball, and wrestling; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller enlisted in the U.S. Marines after | 15 | | graduating high school; his last station was the Moffett Naval | 16 | | Air Station near San Francisco; he married Gwendolyn Thomas on | 17 | | August 6, 1977; he received a Bachelor of Music Education from | 18 | | Millikin University in 1973 and earned a Master of Science in | 19 | | Music Ed-Choral at the University of Illinois in | 20 | | Urbana-Champaign; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller joined Valley View Community Unit | 22 | | School District 365 in Oswego in August of 1980 as their music |
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| 1 | | teacher; he retired in June of 2011; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller and his family joined St. John AME | 3 | | Church in Aurora, where they served as Undershepards for the | 4 | | couples ministry, sang in the choir, and participated in other | 5 | | ministries; he also served on the trustee board; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller was a committed member of Alpha Phi | 7 | | Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for 48 years; he was initiated into | 8 | | Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. on May 1, 1973 under chapter | 9 | | Theta Omicron (Milliken University); he was a charter member | 10 | | of Theta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity since | 11 | | May 4, 1973 and a
life member since June 1, 1982; he served as | 12 | | president of the Mu Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha | 13 | | Fraternity, Inc. from 1988 to 1990 and was the longest-serving | 14 | | brother as the Area 3 Director; he served on almost every | 15 | | committee with the Mu Mu Lambda chapter, including education | 16 | | and as chair of the Beautillion Committee; he was an amazing | 17 | | singer and led the singing of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity | 18 | | Hymn at the chapter, district, and regional levels; he also | 19 | | served as delegate for the Mu Mu Lambda chapter numerous | 20 | | times; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller was an avid supporter of the Quad | 22 | | County Urban League, where he was involved with the Teaching | 23 | | Skills That Matter program; he was an active member of |
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| 1 | | Keystone Lodge #15, a Prince Hall Affiliate, for approximately | 2 | | 20 years, where he served a term as secretary; he was also a | 3 | | member of the Marquette-Joliet Consistory; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Fred Miller is survived by his wife of 44 years, | 5 | | Gwen; his son, Nick (Kenyetta); his grandson, Nicholas; his | 6 | | brother, Lynn; his sisters, Rev. Dana Miller and Susa (Steve) | 7 | | Miller-Smith; and numerous other relatives and friends; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Fred Louis Miller Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Fred Miller as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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