Full Text of SR1279 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of William "Bill" R. Browning, who passed | 4 | | away on July 5, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Browning was born to Ray James and Verda | 6 | | Browning in Christopher on May 26, 1930; he graduated from | 7 | | Christopher Community High School in 1948; he received his | 8 | | bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 9 | | in 1952, majoring in English and Speech, and received his | 10 | | master's degree from the George Peabody College of Vanderbilt | 11 | | University in Nashville in 1958, majoring in Educational | 12 | | Administration; he married Catherine Venegoni at the First | 13 | | Christian Church in Christopher on January 13, 1951; he also | 14 | | served in the U.S. Army as a Battalion Sergeant Major during | 15 | | the Korean War; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1954, Bill Browning worked as a classroom | 17 | | teacher for English and Speech and as a coach for the Staunton | 18 | | Community High School district; in 1958, he moved to | 19 | | Springfield where he continued as a teacher and coach at | 20 | | Lanphier High School;
in 1965, he was appointed co-director of | 21 | | the Community School Programs for the Springfield school | 22 | | district; from 1967 through 1974, he worked for the Community | 23 | | Development Division of the Illinois Department of Business and |
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| 1 | | Economic Development; in 1974, he moved to the Illinois | 2 | | Department of Personnel's Bureau of Inter-governmental and | 3 | | Manpower Affairs where he was appointed Manager of the Division | 4 | | of Employee Development; he closed his career as a grants | 5 | | administrator for the State Board of Education, where he | 6 | | assisted with training adult employees; after 38 years of | 7 | | community service, he retired in 1989; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bill Browning was a lifetime member of the First | 9 | | Christian Church (FCC) and served as a deacon and elder at FCC | 10 | | in Springfield; he was a member of the American Legion Post #32 | 11 | | and the Illinois Education Association; he was a member, board | 12 | | member, and honorary lifetime member of the Great Lakes Areas | 13 | | Development Council; he served as a member of the Advisory | 14 | | Board for the Basic Industrial Development Course at the | 15 | | University of Illinois; he authored numerous articles and | 16 | | delivered seminars and workshops; he also shared his love of | 17 | | sports by managing Khoury league baseball teams for several | 18 | | years during the summer months; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Bill Browning loved golf so much that he and his | 20 | | wife lived on a golf course in Mesa, Arizona for six months out | 21 | | of the year; when he wasn't golfing, he was researching his | 22 | | genealogy; he also liked crossword puzzles, reading, and all | 23 | | sports, particularly the Saint Louis Cardinals; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bill Browning was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents, Ray James and Verda Browning; his father-in-law, Bert | 3 | | Venegoni; his mother-in-law, Tina Venegoni; his sister-in-law, | 4 | | Jo Byars; and his brothers-in-law, Glenn Byars and Bert | 5 | | Venegoni Jr; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Browning is survived by his wife, Catherine; | 7 | | his daughter, Kari R. Tomei (Bruce); his son, William R. | 8 | | Browning Jr. (Georgina); his grandchildren, Jenna, Kevin, and | 9 | | Marissa Jenkins (Tomei) and Kierra and Tianna Browning; his | 10 | | sister-in-law, Gracie Venegoni; and his several nieces, | 11 | | nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 14 | | William "Bill" R. Browning and extend our sincere
condolences | 15 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 18 | | presented to the family of Bill Browning as an expression of
| 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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