Full Text of SR0377 95th General Assembly
SR0377 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 E. Dugan of Alton, who passed away | 4 |
| on September 21, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald E. Dugan was born on July 18, 1937, in | 6 |
| Jerseyville to Iona and Raymond "Tim" Dugan; he attended | 7 |
| Jerseyville schools and was later awarded an associate's degree | 8 |
| in fire science from Lewis and Clark Community College in | 9 |
| Godfrey; for many years, he taught fire science courses to new | 10 |
| firefighters at Lewis and Clark Community College; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1955 to 1959, Donald Dugan served with the | 12 |
| United States Air Force, earning numerous honors that included | 13 |
| the Airman of the Month award, a Good Conduct Medal, an | 14 |
| Outstanding Unit Award and the Longevity Service Award Ribbon; | 15 |
| after the Air Force, he returned to Alton and began working at | 16 |
| the former Shell Oil refinery in Wood River; he later worked at | 17 |
| the Olin Corporation in East Alton before becoming a | 18 |
| firefighter in 1966; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2000, he retired from the Alton Fire Department | 20 |
| after 34 years of continuous and faithful duty; in his career, | 21 |
| he earned the ranks of firefighter, engineer, captain and | 22 |
| assistant chief, and in 1989 was appointed fire chief; while |
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| serving with the Alton Fire Department, he also worked for 10 | 2 |
| years at Campbell's Ambulance as an emergency medical | 3 |
| technician; and
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| WHEREAS, He was one of three board members honored for his | 5 |
| work with the Alton Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union, | 6 |
| where he served for more than three decades; for more than 20 | 7 |
| years, he was a member of the board of directors for the Upper | 8 |
| Alton (Oakwood) Cemetery; he recalled events during his time | 9 |
| with the Alton Fire Department including the July 4, 1997 | 10 |
| fireworks explosion on the Alton riverfront that killed three | 11 |
| men, the 1988 fire at the First Presbyterian Church at 4th and | 12 |
| Alby streets and a 1992 house fire that claimed the lives of | 13 |
| two Alton firefighters; he was also proud to have helped | 14 |
| deliver three babies while he was an EMT; he was also devoted | 15 |
| to two charitable organizations: the Fireman's Welfare Fund, on | 16 |
| which he worked for 10 years, and the Fireman's Pension Fund, | 17 |
| where he worked for more than 20 years; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah A. | 19 |
| Dugan; his wife, Judy (nee Heininger); and his twin sister, | 20 |
| Doris Bowers; and
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| WHEREAS, A dearly loved father and grandfather, Donald | 22 |
| Dugan is survived by four sons and their families, Dennis E. | 23 |
| Dugan, his wife, Lisa, and their four children, Lucy, Wesley, |
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| Emily and Jacob; Daniel E. Dugan, his wife, Tammy, and their | 2 |
| three children, Rachel, Nicholas and Chandler; twins, Duane E. | 3 |
| Dugan and David E. Dugan; and a brother, Kenneth, and his wife, | 4 |
| Jean; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Donald E. Dugan; and be | 8 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Donald E. Dugan as a symbol of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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