Full Text of SR0191 99th 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 Duane J. Broomfield of Rockford, who | 4 | | passed away on February 24, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield was born in Boise City, Oklahoma | 6 | | on September 18, 1934 to Thurlow and Violet (nee Kittle) | 7 | | Broomfield; he was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and | 8 | | a 1952 graduate of West High School; he served in the United | 9 | | States Marine Corps and married Shirley Picchione on November | 10 | | 15, 1958 at St. Anthony Church; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield worked as a carpenter and owned | 12 | | Winnebago Counter Tops; he was an excellent woodworker and | 13 | | always helped family and friends with their home remodeling; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield coached baseball at Kenrock | 16 | | Community Center and the Rockford Red Wings fast pitch softball | 17 | | team; he volunteered at Head Start and was a regular blood | 18 | | donor; he enjoyed vacations, going out to eat with family and | 19 | | friends, golfing, bowling, and playing cards; he was an avid | 20 | | Green Bay Packers fan; he loved taking walks with his wife | 21 | | around the lakes in Geneva while eating a butter pecan ice | 22 | | cream cone; he enjoyed watching his grandchildren play soccer, |
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| 1 | | baseball, and football; he attended mass daily with his wife at | 2 | | Presence Saint Anne; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield was preceded in death by his | 4 | | parents; his brothers, Buford and Ted, Jr.; his in-laws, Peter | 5 | | and Tiny Picchione; and his sister-in-law, Linda; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Duane Broomfield is survived by his wife of 56 | 7 | | years, Shirley; he was the proud father of Mark, Matt (Lynn), | 8 | | and Paul; the proud grandfather of Steven (Jamie), Richard, | 9 | | Alyssa, and Adam; the proud great-grandfather of Cade; the | 10 | | brother of Vic; and the brother-in-law of David (Zan) | 11 | | Picchione; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Duane J. Broomfield, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Duane Broomfield as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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