Full Text of SR0185 96th General Assembly
SR0185 96TH 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 Donald E. Drake of Woodstock, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 6, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born September 28, 1942, in Biloxi, | 6 |
| Mississippi, to Ernest and Doris (Kobel) Drake; he graduated | 7 |
| from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, earning both | 8 |
| his bachelor's and master's degrees; he took pride in being the | 9 |
| first in his family to graduate from college; and
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| WHEREAS, He taught at Mattoon High School in Mattoon in the | 11 |
| early 1960s; he later moved to Antioch, where he taught | 12 |
| economics and managed media services at Antioch High School | 13 |
| from 1966 to 1971; the longest span of his professional career | 14 |
| was spent at College of Lake County in Grayslake, where he | 15 |
| directed the college's audio-visual and instructional media | 16 |
| programs from 1971 to 1989 and was heavily involved in | 17 |
| development of the college's distance learning programs; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1989 he left the college to accept the position | 19 |
| of executive director at the Northern Illinois Learning' | 20 |
| Resources Cooperative (NILRC), a statewide cooperative that | 21 |
| negotiated development and purchase of telecourses and other | 22 |
| media products and services for community colleges; he took |
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| early retirement from education in 1996; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, For several years, he worked as a professional | 3 |
| photographer, photographing weddings, athletic teams, and | 4 |
| families; he also was co-owner of Horizon Travel in Twin Lakes, | 5 |
| Wisconsin, and was involved in planning and organizing group | 6 |
| cruises; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, In 1991 he married Dorothy Regan of Woodstock, | 8 |
| also an administrator at College of Lake County; they lived in | 9 |
| Woodstock from 1991 to 1995, then relocated to LaCrosse, | 10 |
| Wisconsin; they returned to McHenry County in 1998 when Dorothy | 11 |
| took the position of vice president for development and | 12 |
| director of the college foundation at McHenry County College in | 13 |
| Crystal Lake; they lived in Harvard until returning to | 14 |
| Woodstock in 2006; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, He was a past member of the Woodstock Public | 16 |
| Library Board of Directors, a regular volunteer at Illinois | 17 |
| State wrestling tournaments, a knowledgeable movie buff, a fan | 18 |
| of HO model trains, and an avid traveler; he and his wife | 19 |
| returned only three weeks before his death from a vacation in | 20 |
| Australia and New Zealand; he took pride in having traveled | 21 |
| through 19 countries; he loved all dogs but had a special | 22 |
| affection for his basset hound, Morgan; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife were members of Resurrection | 2 |
| Catholic Church in Woodstock; he took pride in his involvement | 3 |
| in the RCIA program in 1991-92, which marked his entry into the | 4 |
| Catholic faith; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the loving husband of Dorothy (Regan) | 6 |
| Drake; the cherished son of Doris (Kobel) Drake; the brother of | 7 |
| Karl (Mary) Drake and David (Lynn) Drake; the loving | 8 |
| brother-in-law of Barbara (Regan) Pokorny, Michael (Karen) | 9 |
| Regan, and John Regan; and the proud uncle of Matthew Drake, | 10 |
| Nicholas Drake, Kathleen (John) Slade, Diane (James) | 11 |
| Pokorny-Wilson, John J. (Maria) Pokorny, Craig Drake, Missy | 12 |
| (John) Bryant, and Jeramy Drake; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Donald Drake; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Donald Drake as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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