Full Text of SR0917 95th General Assembly
SR0917 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
John L. Robison of Waukegan, who passed | 4 |
| away on October 28, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison was born in Waukegan on January 22, | 6 |
| 1932; his parents were Carl F. and Phyllis F. Robison; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison served his country with pride and | 8 |
| distinction as a member of the United States Army during the | 9 |
| Korean War, when he fought in the battle of Pork Chop Hill; he | 10 |
| was a member of the Waukegan American Legion #281 and was | 11 |
| active in helping to bring attention to this "forgotten" war; | 12 |
| he was instrumental in having Glen Flora Avenue in Waukegan | 13 |
| proclaimed the Korean War Memorial Drive; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison graduated from Waukegan Township | 15 |
| High School; he was employed with and retired from the City of | 16 |
| Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, John Robison enjoyed watching baseball, | 18 |
| especially his St. Louis Cardinals, bowling, and fishing; his | 19 |
| summers were spent in relaxation at his home in Crivitz, | 20 |
| Wisconsin; and |
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| WHEREAS, John Robison was preceded in death by his adored | 2 |
| wife of 51 years, Norma (nee Tennyson); his parents, Carl F. | 3 |
| and Phyllis F. (nee Gargone) Robison; his maternal and paternal | 4 |
| grandparents; and his precious aunts and uncles, Rocco and Mary | 5 |
| DeBennette, Russell and Frances Snider, Sadie Gargone, Philip | 6 |
| and Raemonda Mayer, and Genvieve Kerley; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, John Robison was a devoted and loving husband to | 8 |
| his late wife; loving father to his two sons, Gary S. (Leslie) | 9 |
| and David C. Robison; grandfather to Sarah (Brad) Kutzler; and | 10 |
| a great-grandfather to Stacie, Alyssa, and MacKenzie Kutzler; | 11 |
| his memory will always be cherished by his twin sister, Joan L. | 12 |
| Robison; his brother, Carl (Phyllis) Robison; his special | 13 |
| cousins, Russell (Ilona) Snider, Joseph (Nancy) DeBennette, | 14 |
| Judy Camarato, and Philip (Kathy) Meyer; his many friends, | 15 |
| especially Melvin and Lorie Hutchinson; his many nieces and | 16 |
| nephews; and his wonderful extended family of sisters and | 17 |
| brothers-in-law, Dorothy Girdley, Louise (Stanley) Gamble, | 18 |
| Barbara Tennyson, Marilyn (Donald) Arnold, Joyce Tennyson, | 19 |
| Otto (Norma) Tennyson, Neil (Gladys) Tennyson, John (Carol) | 20 |
| Tennyson, and Tim (Mary) Tennyson; and his special friend and | 21 |
| uncle, Donald Kerley; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 24 |
| his family and friends, the passing of John L. Robison; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of John L. Robison as an expression of | 4 |
| our sympathy.
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