Full Text of SR0266 94th General Assembly
SR0266 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Judge Robert A. Cox of Winfield, formerly of Glen | 3 |
| Ellyn, died May 11, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Cox was born in Chicago and graduated from | 5 |
| Steinmetz High School; he attended Carthage College in | 6 |
| Wisconsin before transferring to Valparaiso University in | 7 |
| Indiana, where he completed a bachelor's degree, and later | 8 |
| received a law degree in 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, After law school, he worked for two years as an | 10 |
| adjuster for State Farm Insurance Co. in Maywood; he began his | 11 |
| legal career as the village attorney for Bloomingdale, a | 12 |
| position he held for several years; in 1968, he began a private | 13 |
| practice in Glen Ellyn, Cox & Lyle, with Delbert Lyle; in 1976, | 14 |
| Judge Cox was appointed to the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in | 15 |
| DuPage County, where he served until his retirement in 1992; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, He served as the presiding judge for the Domestic | 18 |
| Relations Division for four years and initiated mandatory | 19 |
| collection of child support through the clerk's office, two | 20 |
| years before it became a State requirement; he also started a | 21 |
| mandatory conciliation program in cases involving child | 22 |
| custody; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a no-nonsense type judge who took everyone | 24 |
| and everything into consideration; he ran a tight ship and | 25 |
| people respected him for that; and
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| WHEREAS, After retiring from the bench, he started a | 27 |
| private practice in Wheaton, specializing in divorce, child | 28 |
| custody, and mediation; and
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| WHEREAS, A Winfield resident since 1992, he was a member of |
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| Christ Church of Oak Brook, a past member and president of the | 2 |
| Glen Ellyn Lions Club, and former Milton Township Republican | 3 |
| committeeman; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Robert A. Cox was the beloved husband of | 5 |
| Debbie; the loving father of Ruth (Steven) McFarland, Julie | 6 |
| (George) Michael, Robert Jr. (Mary) Cox, and Brigette Bucholz; | 7 |
| the grandfather of William and Lauren Michael and Andrew Cox; | 8 |
| the brother of Elizabeth Ingraham, Margaret Roberts, David | 9 |
| (Jane) Cox, and the late Edward (Nancy Gates) Cox; therefore, | 10 |
| 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 passing of | 13 |
| Judge Robert A. Cox and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 17 |
| sympathy.
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