Full Text of SR0344 100th 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 Robert Oliver "Bob" Case, who passed away | 4 | | on February 11, 2017 at the age of 95; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Case was born in Detroit, Michigan to | 6 | | Arthur B. and Elsie E. Watts Case; he attended St. Andrew's | 7 | | School in Barrington, Rhode Island, where he won the King | 8 | | Medal; he was captain of his high school football, basketball, | 9 | | and baseball teams; he continued to play sports in college, | 10 | | having declined an invitation to train with the Boston Red Sox; | 11 | | he was awarded an undergraduate scholarship to Brown University | 12 | | and earned a law degree at Columbia Law School; he served in | 13 | | the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II in | 14 | | General Eisenhower's SHAEF command headquarters in Europe; he | 15 | | married Marian in 1953 and they settled in Deerfield; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Case worked as an attorney for the United | 17 | | States Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C.; he rose to | 18 | | the rank of Captain as a JAG officer for the U.S. Air Force | 19 | | Reserve in Chicago; for the majority of his career he worked in | 20 | | private practice in Chicago; he started his own law firm which | 21 | | later became Walsh, Case, Coale, Brown & Burke; he completed | 22 | | his legal career, which spanned 55 years, with Holland and | 23 | | Knight; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Case was an avid reader of history and | 2 | | biographies; he loved to debate world affairs and play golf; he | 3 | | was a long time member of the Exmoor Country Club and served on | 4 | | its board of directors; he and his family enjoyed wonderful | 5 | | times at their vacation home in Green Lake, Wisconsin and many | 6 | | winters on Jupiter Island, Florida; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Robert Case was passionate about aviation; he | 8 | | obtained his pilot's license and was active in the | 9 | | Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; he periodically flew free | 10 | | medical flights for the Angel Flight network; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Case was the beloved husband of the late | 12 | | Marian Burke Case; the devoted father of Robert A. | 13 | | (Mary-Suzanne) Case, Leila A. Case (Charles Meyer), John G. | 14 | | (Karen) Case, Mary Deirdre (Gregory) Case Patchen, Pamela J. | 15 | | (Christoph) Case Stanger, Maureen M. Case, and the late | 16 | | Jennifer S. Case; the loving grandfather of Carl Case, Sarah | 17 | | Case, Colleen Case, Scott Case, Michael Stanger, Aaron Grace, | 18 | | Alexa Stanger, Nicholas Stanger, and Thomas Stanger; the fond | 19 | | step-grandfather of Philip Meyer, Katherine (Kevin) Meyer | 20 | | Bruffy, and Evan Meyer; and the step-great-grandfather of | 21 | | Elliot and Whitney Bruffy; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Robert Oliver "Bob" Case, and extend our sincere condolences to | 3 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Robert Case as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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