Full Text of SR0189 103rd 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 Philip W. Weber of Dawson, who passed | 4 | | away on March 31, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Weber was born in Marion, Virginia to | 6 | | Norman J. and Dixie Vandergriff Weber on May 12, 1944; he | 7 | | graduated from Collinsville High School in 1962 and from | 8 | | Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1966 with a | 9 | | Bachelor of Arts in Russian with honors; he earned his Juris | 10 | | Doctor cum laude from the St. Louis University School of Law in | 11 | | 1970; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Philip Weber practiced law in Madison County for | 13 | | several years, serving as assistant public defender and | 14 | | assistant states attorney; in 1977, he moved to Springfield, | 15 | | and after working one year in the criminal division of the | 16 | | Office of the Illinois Attorney General, he began a long and | 17 | | storied career on the Senate Republican staff, where he | 18 | | retired as chief legal counsel and research director in 2003; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Philip Weber had a passion for history, | 21 | | particularly Russian history and the political history of the | 22 | | Civil War; he loved photography, canoeing, and the beauty of |
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| 1 | | nature and never failed to point out a hawk or vulture | 2 | | traversing the skies; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Philip Weber was preceded in death by his | 4 | | parents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Weber was the loving husband of wife, | 6 | | Marcia; the devoted stepfather of Adam and Graham Nicholson; | 7 | | the loving brother of Don W. (Catherine) Weber; and the | 8 | | cherished friend and mentor of many; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Philip W. Weber and extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | 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 Philip Weber as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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