Full Text of SR0637 96th General Assembly
SR0637 96TH 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 Calvin Marcum of Aurora, former Senior | 4 |
| Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, who passed away | 5 |
| on January 30, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian | 7 |
| Church from 1962 to 1982; he is remembered for his sermons and | 8 |
| compassionate counsel; and
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| WHEREAS, He was remembered for inventing the Gee Dunk, a | 10 |
| family dessert consisting of ice cream, Hershey's chocolate | 11 |
| syrup, and peanuts, with Coke poured over it; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved attending the inaugurations for American | 13 |
| presidents, and attended all of them from 1969 to 2005; he was | 14 |
| in ill health and could not attend President Obama's, so his | 15 |
| family went for him; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a lifelong admirer of President Abraham | 17 |
| Lincoln and was laid to rest next to his parents in Oak Ridge | 18 |
| Cemetery in Springfield, the final resting place of President | 19 |
| Lincoln; his final wish was that his family meet at a | 20 |
| Springfield Steak'n Shake after the interment; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Marcum is survived by his wife, Twyla; | 2 |
| Pastor Marcum was the father of three proud children, Gwen | 3 |
| (Reverend Andrew) Morgan, Donald (Margaret) Marcum, and Stacey | 4 |
| (Randy) Aspen; his grandchildren are Benjamin Marcum, Dustin | 5 |
| (Monica) Marcum, Trent (Alison) Taylor, Curt Taylor, Michelle | 6 |
| (Nathan) Benevelli, Micah Morgan, Sarah Aspen, Derek Smith, | 7 |
| Rebecca (Steven) Outlaw, and Anna Morgan; he was also the | 8 |
| loving great-grandfather of Anthony Woolf, and Madison and Emma | 9 |
| Outlaw; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family, friends, and former congregation, the passing of | 13 |
| Pastor Calvin Marcum; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Pastor Calvin Marcum as a symbol of | 16 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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