Full Text of SR0718 95th General Assembly
SR0718 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 former Illinois Senate doorkeeper Edward | 4 |
| H. Bell of Springfield, who passed away on April 24, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward H. Bell was born May 20, 1949, the son of | 6 |
| Archibald and Mary Bell, in Glasgow, Scotland; he immigrated to | 7 |
| the United States in 1964 to live with his aunt and uncle in | 8 |
| Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, After serving in Vietnam, he returned to | 10 |
| Springfield to attend Lincoln Land Community College, where he | 11 |
| met Sabra Martin; Sabra and Ed were married August 12, 1972, in | 12 |
| Mason City; they had two daughters, Katrina Marie and Laura | 13 |
| Anne; and
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| WHEREAS, Ed was a Springfield Police officer for 27 years, | 15 |
| retiring as a sergeant in 2003; shortly after retiring, he | 16 |
| became a doorkeeper at the Illinois State Senate; he was also a | 17 |
| karate instructor with the Kifaru School of Martial Arts and | 18 |
| was an avid hunter of deer and turkey; Ed also enjoyed | 19 |
| collecting and planting day lilies, riding his motorcycle, and | 20 |
| was a bass drummer in the Springfield Highland Guard; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Bell is survived by wife, Sabra, and two |
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| daughters, Katrina (husband, Stephen) Weber and Laura Bell; | 2 |
| Edward is also survived by an aunt and uncle in the Springfield | 3 |
| area, along with three sisters and several aunts and uncles in | 4 |
| Scotland; 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 Edward H. Bell; and be | 8 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Edward H. Bell as a symbol of our | 11 |
| sincere sympathy.
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