Full Text of SR1124 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Roger Cunningham of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on June 21, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham was born in Chicago on December | 6 | | 4, 1940; he grew up in Galesburg; he earned a bachelor's degree | 7 | | and a master's degree in Music Education from Illinois | 8 | | Wesleyan University and the University of Illinois; he married | 9 | | Shirley Koelling in 1966, and they resided in the Peoria area | 10 | | for most of their married life; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham proudly played trombone in the | 12 | | U.S. Army Band at Fort Knox for two years; he also played | 13 | | trombone in the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and the Peoria | 14 | | Municipal Band; he was also a skilled player of recorders, and | 15 | | he participated in various recorder ensembles and music | 16 | | festivals throughout the country; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham made his career in computer | 18 | | programming, spending most of his years at the RLI | 19 | | Corporation; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham was an active member of the | 21 | | Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria, where he sang in the |
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| 1 | | choir and managed the UU Cuubs church baseball team in the | 2 | | 1990s; in recent years, he became an avid student of the | 3 | | Mandarin language due to inspiration by several close | 4 | | connections with Chinese students, friends, and teachers; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents, Frank and Mabel Cunningham; his nephew, Jeff De | 7 | | Bruine; and nine cousins with whom he enjoyed close | 8 | | friendships due to their living on the same block; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Roger Cunningham is survived by his wife, | 10 | | Shirley; his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Ruth and Paul | 11 | | De Bruine; four nieces; eight grandnieces and grandnephews; | 12 | | and numerous cousins; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Roger Cunningham and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Roger Cunningham as an expression | 20 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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