Full Text of SR0217 94th General Assembly
SR0217 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of M. Dean Whitfield Sr. of | 4 |
| Sun City, Huntley, and formerly of Glenview, on Tuesday, | 5 |
| January 18, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on January 5, 1929, in Altoona, | 7 |
| Pennsylvania, to James H. and Lillian (Cutshall) Whitfield; he | 8 |
| grew up in Lakemont, Pennsylvania, and graduated from | 9 |
| Hollidaysburg High School in 1946; he graduated from Franklin & | 10 |
| Marshall College in 1950 and worked as an assistant secretary | 11 |
| for the Altoona Chamber of Commerce from 1950 to 1952 and as | 12 |
| president of the Blair Chemical Co. in Altoona until 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, He relocated and worked with Townsend Co. in | 14 |
| Chicago until 1960, when he founded Whitfield Associates Inc., | 15 |
| a manufacturer's representatives sales agency, where he | 16 |
| retired in 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Whitfield was elected to serve as Glenview | 18 |
| Park District Commissioner in 1961 and served 21 years on the | 19 |
| board; he was active in the Glenview Little League, Boy Scouts, | 20 |
| Junior Football, Glenbrook South Parents' Club, and the | 21 |
| Northfield Township Republican Organization; he also served as | 22 |
| a Deacon at the Winnetka Bible Church and on the Palau | 23 |
| Evangelistic Association and Share International Boards; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1999, he moved to Huntley, where he founded the | 25 |
| Sun City Civic Committee, served as president for three years, | 26 |
| and was a member of the SonShine Boys and Fox Valley Church; | 27 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of M. Dean Whitfield Sr. has been | 29 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Shirley (Fowkes); his | 30 |
| children, Dean (Susan Vokaty), Susan (Harry Schonau), Mark |
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| (Debra DeWild), Jim (Claudia Hendee), Drew (Christine | 2 |
| Beitzel), Todd (Linda McCann), and Matt (Heather Kelson); his | 3 |
| grandchildren, Jenn and Darren, Katy and Rhett, Betsy and | 4 |
| Jerrad, Carrie, Lisa, and Chris, Bill and Angie, Tom and | 5 |
| Rachael, Jessica and Eric, Drew, Bekah, Celia, Jenna, Jake, | 6 |
| Nate, Luke and Elise, Emily and Dennis, Zac, Seth, Noah, Amy, | 7 |
| Jacob, Rachel, and Hailey; his great-grandchildren, Madelyn, | 8 |
| Liam, Eli, Ethan, Elaine, Evyn, Anna, Emily, Natalie, Macy, | 9 |
| Emma, and Payton; he was preceded in death by his son, Timothy | 10 |
| Scott; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 13 |
| M. Dean Whitfield Sr., celebrating his life, starting with his | 14 |
| faith, his family, his country, and including his devoted work | 15 |
| for the Republican Party in his community, and we extend our | 16 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 17 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 20 |
| condolences.
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