Full Text of SR0278 95th General Assembly
SR0278 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Donald L. Cannon of Gurnee, who passed | 4 |
| away on June 16, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Cannon was born in Waukegan on October 9, | 6 |
| 1928, the seventh child of Leslie and Mary "Mamie" Cannon and | 7 |
| grew up in Gurnee with his five sisters and one brother; and
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| WHEREAS,
Donald Cannon attended Gurnee Grade School and was | 9 |
| a Class of 1946 graduate from Warren Township High School, | 10 |
| where he excelled on the football and baseball fields and on | 11 |
| the basketball court; his skill in football led to a full four | 12 |
| year scholarship to Northeast Missouri State Teacher's College | 13 |
| in Kirksville, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1950; he | 14 |
| continued his football career playing for the United States | 15 |
| Army and the Waukegan Merchants, a local semi-pro team; after | 16 |
| college he entered the United States Army Airborne Division and | 17 |
| served as a paratrooper during the Korean War; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Elaine Jahnke at St. Patrick's Church | 19 |
| in West Lake Forest on May 23, 1953; after working briefly for | 20 |
| the Hough Company and Standard Oil Company, Don became a | 21 |
| popular businessman, owning Cannon and Myers Service Stations | 22 |
| in Grayslake and in Third Lake, from which he retired in April, |
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| 1989; he was a member of the Gurnee Community Church; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a man with a great sense | 3 |
| of humor who loved birds and gardening; he was an avid reader | 4 |
| and sports enthusiast, as well as a man who loved to play golf | 5 |
| and bridge with his friends, and Monopoly with his two | 6 |
| grandchildren; during his golfing days, he shot three | 7 |
| holes-in-one; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Cannon is survived by his wife, Barbara | 9 |
| (Richardson) whom he married in August 1991; his children, | 10 |
| Michael (Kathleen), and Christopher (Kim); his grandchildren, | 11 |
| Cody and Cassidy and Mary Lou (Doug Murphy); his sisters, Norma | 12 |
| Cunningham and Dorothy (Ed) Bennecke Bonovitz; and his many | 13 |
| nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by his parents; | 14 |
| siblings, Nellie Porter, Russell Cannon, Beulah Porter, and | 15 |
| Carol Lodesky; his first wife, Elaine; and his daughter, | 16 |
| Kimberly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Donald Cannon; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the family of Donald L. Cannon as a symbol of our |
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