Full Text of SR0727 93rd General Assembly
SR0727 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 Roy L. Connor of Aurora on | 4 |
| July 10, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born January 7, 1917 in Aurora, the son of | 6 |
| Edward and Frances (Skinner) Connor; and
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| WHEREAS, Roy graduated from East Aurora High School and | 8 |
| attended the Chicago Art Academy and the American School of | 9 |
| Art; he served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during | 10 |
| World War II, and flew 50 missions over Germany and Italy in a | 11 |
| B-24 Bomber; an accomplished caricature artist, he sent home | 12 |
| drawings during the war to his lovely girlfriend, Bea, who | 13 |
| later became his wife of 64 years; upon his return to the | 14 |
| states, Roy was the art director at R.H. Donnelly & Co. prior | 15 |
| to starting his own commercial art studio known as Connor Sager | 16 |
| Advertising; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an avid fisherman, but his passion was | 18 |
| golf; he was a member of the Aurora Country Club, where he was | 19 |
| a "regular" on the golf course; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward | 21 |
| and Frances Connor; his sisters, Evelyn (Art) Welter, Marge | 22 |
| (Francis) Hilderbrand, and Lillian (Toby) Tobias; and his | 23 |
| brothers, William (Frieda) Connor and Norman (Mary) Connor; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Roy L. Connor will be felt by all | 25 |
| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Beatrice Walt | 26 |
| Connor; his son, Gerald (Carla) Connor; his grandsons, Greg | 27 |
| (Sarah) Connor, Trevor Connor and Grant (Heather) Connor; his | 28 |
| great-grandchildren, Cam, Mac, Taya, and Caliya; and several | 29 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Roy L. Connor and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 4 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Roy L. Connor as an expression of | 7 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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