Full Text of HR0317 95th General Assembly
HR0317 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of William | 4 |
| "Skip" Dempsey of Decatur, who passed away on April 13, 2007; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, William Dempsey was born August 27, 1945, in Bel | 7 |
| Air, Maryland, the son of William H. and Audrey N. (Proffitt) | 8 |
| Dempsey; he later married Carla Ann Patterson on April 22, | 9 |
| 1966, in Toledo; and
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| WHEREAS, William Dempsey was an instructor at Purdue | 11 |
| University from 1974 to 1984; he also served as Training | 12 |
| Coordinator for Plumbers and Steamfitters Local #65, from 1975 | 13 |
| to 1987 and then continued as a Business Agent from 1988 until | 14 |
| his retirement in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, William Dempsey accepted a position with the | 16 |
| Illinois Department of Revenue, serving in the area of labor | 17 |
| relations for 2 1/2 years; he was Past President of the Decatur | 18 |
| Building and Construction Trades Educational Planning | 19 |
| Committee for Decatur Public Schools District 61, a member of | 20 |
| the Decatur Public Building Commission, a Past President of the | 21 |
| Decatur Building and Construction Trades Council, a Past | 22 |
| President of Decatur Trades and Labor, a Board Member of the |
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| United Way of Decatur and Macon County, and a Co-Chairman of | 2 |
| the Decatur Area Labor Management Committee and Steering | 3 |
| Committee of Decatur Advantage; and
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| WHEREAS, William Dempsey enjoyed wood carving, Ducks | 5 |
| Unlimited, assisting with his grandchildren's interests, local | 6 |
| racing, and NASCAR; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, William "Skip" Dempsey was preceded in death by | 8 |
| his Dad, Wilbur Redman, who raised him; his brother, Donald | 9 |
| Wayne Redman; and his step-father, Donald Geddes; and
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| WHEREAS, William "Skip" Dempsey is survived by his wife, | 11 |
| Carla; his mother, Audrey Geddes; his father, William H. | 12 |
| Dempsey; his daughter, Melissa (husband, Craig) Duff; his sons | 13 |
| Shawn Dempsey and Patrick (companion, Theresa) Dempsey; his | 14 |
| sisters Mary Jo (husband, Mike) Brace and Linda Orr; his | 15 |
| grandchildren, Justin, Blane, Riley, Drake, Jaret, Halee, | 16 |
| Kendra, and Winston; his nieces, Jennifer, Tracy, Molly, Katie, | 17 |
| Claire, Jenny, and Jylna; and his Aunts Ruby, Irene, and | 18 |
| Pauline; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 22 |
| William "Skip" Dempsey; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of William "Skip" Dempsey as a symbol | 3 |
| of our sympathy.
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