Full Text of SR0134 94th General Assembly
SR0134 94TH 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 sadness of the death of the Reverend Orrin M. | 4 |
| Anderson of Godfrey on Thursday, March 24, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born April 8, 1920, on a farm near Appam, | 6 |
| North Dakota, to John and Blenda (Kron) Anderson; he married | 7 |
| the former Myra L. Wright on July 7, 1945, in Collingdale, | 8 |
| Pennsylvania; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Anderson graduated from Sioux Falls | 10 |
| Baptist College, Bethel Baptist College in Minneapolis, and | 11 |
| Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia; his ministry of 59 | 12 |
| years began in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois before | 13 |
| moving to Alton, where he served 27 years as pastor at the | 14 |
| First Baptist Church in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement, he served as an interim | 16 |
| pastor at many churches in the area; he was a member of the | 17 |
| national board of the American Baptist Convention in Valley | 18 |
| Forge, Pennsylvania, a board member of the Salvation Army in | 19 |
| Alton, and past board member of Shurtleff College in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of the Reverend Orrin M. Anderson has | 21 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Myra; his | 22 |
| daughter, Elaine Hovey, and her husband, James; his sons, Lief | 23 |
| Anderson and his wife, Diane, and Erick Anderson and his wife, | 24 |
| Chris; his grandchildren, Matt Anderson and Renee Anderson, | 25 |
| Colin Anderson and Kara Anderson, Nicole Beatty and her | 26 |
| husband, Tim, and Gretchen Andridge and her husband, Mike; his | 27 |
| great-grandchildren, Vincent Beatty and Hollyn Beatty; and his | 28 |
| sister, Mae Belle Goudy; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 30 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| the Reverend Orrin M. Anderson, and we extend our deepest | 2 |
| sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 6 |
| condolences.
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