Full Text of SR0592 93rd General Assembly
SR0592 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Paul R. Welch of | 4 |
| Bloomington on Thursday, June 3, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch was born on June 30, 1936 in Belleville | 6 |
| to Robert H. and Grace Renner Welch; he married Cheryl A. | 7 |
| Wombacher on August 25, 1979; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch attended Washington University in St. | 9 |
| Louis, Missouri from 1954 to 1962, when he received his law | 10 |
| degree; while at the university, honors and activities included | 11 |
| the Law Review (Washington University Law Quarterly), Phi Delta | 12 |
| Phi Fraternity, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Students for Better | 13 |
| Government, and Scabbard and Blade Military Honor Society; he | 14 |
| also participated in Illinois Continuing Legal Education; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch was admitted to the bar to practice law | 16 |
| in Illinois in 1965 and was admitted to practice before the | 17 |
| Supreme Court, State of Missouri in 1962, the U.S. Court of | 18 |
| Military Appeals in 1962, the U.S. District Court in South | 19 |
| Dakota in 1967, the U.S. District Court Central District in | 20 |
| 1993, and the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 1987; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch is the author of the July Selection in | 22 |
| Criminal Cases in 1974 and was a lecturer from 1974 to 1976; he | 23 |
| was an assistant professor at Illinois State University from | 24 |
| 1977 to 1979; he also worked as a member of the staff and | 25 |
| faculty for the Army Judge Advocate General's School; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch was a member of the American Bar | 27 |
| Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the Missouri Bar | 28 |
| Association, the McLean County Bar Association, the National | 29 |
| Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Illinois | 30 |
| Defense Counsel; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch served as the assistant city counselor | 2 |
| for the city of St. Louis, Missouri in 1962; from 1963 to 1965, | 3 |
| he was with the U.S. Army, JAGC, Serving on the Trial Counsel, | 4 |
| Chief of Military Justice, Military Law, and the 2nd Armored | 5 |
| Division; he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal in 1965; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch worked as an associated and partner for | 8 |
| Yoder, Yoder, and Luedtke in Bloomington from 1965 to 1968; he | 9 |
| was State's Attorney of McLean County from 1968 to 1976, during | 10 |
| which he prosecuted 5 homicide cases as well as numerous other | 11 |
| felony matters; he was the president and an attorney for | 12 |
| Costigan and Wollrab P.C. in Bloomington from 1967 until the | 13 |
| present; he worked in private practice with emphasis on trial | 14 |
| work, civil (personal injury defense), marital law, and | 15 |
| criminal defense; included in his cases were 4 homicide cases | 16 |
| among the approximately 125 cases he tried; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch was a member of the Bloomington-Normal | 18 |
| Jaycees, receiving the Outstanding Citizen Award in 1969; he | 19 |
| was a past president of the McLean County Bar Association and a | 20 |
| member of the Illinois State's Attorney's Association, serving | 21 |
| as vice president, president elect in 1976, chairman of the | 22 |
| Legislative Liaison Committee, and as originator and | 23 |
| supervisor of the Model Circuit Attorney's Program; he was a | 24 |
| member of the United Nations Commission on crime and | 25 |
| Rehabilitation of Offenders, a past president and vice | 26 |
| president of the McLean County Board of Health, and a past | 27 |
| president and vice president of the McLean County Chamber of | 28 |
| Commerce; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch was a member and board member of St. | 30 |
| John's Lutheran Church in Bloomington and a past president and | 31 |
| board member of the Bloomington Country Club; he was Hearing | 32 |
| Board chairman for the Illinois Attorneys Registration and |
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| Disciplinary Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Welch was campaign manager for U.S. | 3 |
| Representative Edward Madigan, who was appointed Secretary of | 4 |
| Agriculture by President George H. W. Bush in 1990; he was a | 5 |
| member of the National District Attorneys Association and the | 6 |
| Standards and Goals for Prosecutors Committee and was co-author | 7 |
| of Standards and Goals for Prosecutors; he was on the Home | 8 |
| Sweet Home Mission Board and was a past president of the McLean | 9 |
| County Economic Development Council; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Paul R. Welch has been deeply felt | 11 |
| by many, especially his wife, Cheryl; his mother, Grace; his | 12 |
| children, Reed Welch, Carrie Welch, Rob (Carrie) Welch, and | 13 |
| Margaret Welch; his brother, Dr. William (Barbara) Welch; his | 14 |
| sisters, Janet (William) Eckert and Linda Middaugh; and his | 15 |
| numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 18 |
| Paul R. Welch, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the family of Paul R. Welch as an expression of | 23 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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