Full Text of SR0485 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
Richard Darrell Madison of Edwardsville, | 4 | | who passed away on December 6, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Madison was born on August 10, 1937, in | 6 | | Pleasant Hill; he was the son of the late William and Cordelia | 7 | | (Zumwalt) Madison; he married Carol Ann Layton on November 21, | 8 | | 1956; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Madison was a graduate of Edwardsville | 10 | | High School and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; | 11 | | he subsequently moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he | 12 | | worked as the Program Director at Louisiana State University | 13 | | from 1964 to 1966; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Madison served as director of the student | 15 | | center at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, where | 16 | | he worked from 1966 until 1992; he was the director of student | 17 | | housing at the university at the time of his retirement; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Richard Madison served as an Edwardsville City | 19 | | Alderman for 14 years; he served on the Board of the | 20 | | Edwardsville Public Library, where he was heavily involved in | 21 | | the construction of the library's new addition; he was also a |
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| 1 | | member of the ESIC Baptist Church and the Edwardsville Rotary | 2 | | Club; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Richard Madison is survived by his wife; his son, | 4 | | Richard D. (Nina) Madison II; his daughters, Marilyn L. (Chris) | 5 | | Collins and Nicole B. Madison; his grandchildren, Richard Paul | 6 | | (Marci) Madison, Christina Nicole (Brett) Sheroky, and | 7 | | Christopher and Adam Collins; and his great-grandchildren, | 8 | | Richard Tanner Madison and Colton Ryan Madison; therefore, be | 9 | | it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Darrell Madison; | 13 | | and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Richard Madison as an expression of | 16 | | our sympathy.
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