Full Text of SR0443 97th 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 Donald R. Herson of Stephenson, Michigan, | 4 | | formerly of North Chicago, who passed away on October 27, 2011; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born on Mother's Day, May 8, 1938, in | 7 | | Menominee, Michigan; he graduated from Menominee High School in | 8 | | 1956; after high school, he moved to North Chicago, where he | 9 | | married Sally Brown and raised his family; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He volunteered for the North Chicago Fire | 11 | | Department and worked full time for the Waukegan News Sun; he | 12 | | was a member of the Jaycees and dabbled in North Chicago | 13 | | politics; he founded Vogue Printers in the mid 1960s; he | 14 | | successfully made a career in the printing field and retired in | 15 | | the early 1990s; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was adventurous and was able to participate in | 17 | | the Great American Race, a cross country road rally, for 3 | 18 | | years, once in a 1931 Rolls Royce and twice in his favored 1924 | 19 | | Seagrave Fire truck; he enjoyed working on his class reunions, | 20 | | where he was blessed to have met his present wife, Lois; they | 21 | | married in 2004; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He returned to Stephenson, Michigan upon | 2 | | retirement and enjoyed traveling the world and spending winters | 3 | | in Sun City West, Arizona, hunting at The Farm and his passion | 4 | | for antique automobiles; he recently accepted the Lord as His | 5 | | Savior and spent his last days surrounded by loving family and | 6 | | supportive friends; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Donald Herson is survived by his amazing wife, | 8 | | Lois; his previous wife, Sally; his children, Tamilyn Beckner, | 9 | | Valerie Grosskopf, Sherri (Art) Arizmendi, Brian (Kathy), and | 10 | | Jef; his grandchildren, Allen and Jennifer Beckner, Brad and | 11 | | Eric Grosskopf, Katie, Tony, Heather, and Kevin Herson, and | 12 | | Artie, Andrew, Alex, Anakin, and Aiden Arizmendi; his | 13 | | son-in-law, Ray Beckner; his special sons, Alan Kalinoski and | 14 | | Mark Jasper; and his special friends, Paul Bromund and Ted | 15 | | Richter; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Donald Herson; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Donald Herson as a symbol of our | 22 | | sincere sympathy.
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