Full Text of SR0350 95th General Assembly
SR0350 95TH 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 Joseph Charles Regis of Harlingen, Texas, | 4 |
| formerly of Waukegan, who passed away on August 13, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Charles Regis was born on May 29, 1929 in | 6 |
| Ahmeek, Michigan; his parents were Rosanna Jeannotte Regis and | 7 |
| Charles Joseph Regis; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Charles Regis served his country as an Army | 9 |
| Air Corp Radio Operator from 1947 to 1950 and was part of the | 10 |
| Berlin Air Lift; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Joseph Charles Regis retired from the Waukegan | 12 |
| Fire Department as a firefighter in 1978 after 23 years of | 13 |
| service; he worked for the Chicago Bears Football Club for 11 | 14 |
| years from 1979 to 1990, winning a Super Bowl ring in 1985; he | 15 |
| was a volunteer at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, | 16 |
| Texas during his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Charles Regis was a member of St. Anastasia | 18 |
| Church in Waukegan and a past member of Elks Club and Moose | 19 |
| Lodge; he was a sports enthusiast who especially loved | 20 |
| football, as well as bowling, dancing, country music, and | 21 |
| playing cards; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Charles Regis was preceded in death by his | 2 |
| parents and his beloved wife of over 26 years, Joycenee | 3 |
| McAllister Regis; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Charles Regis is survived by his daughters, | 5 |
| Suzanne (Roger) Lindemann, Debra (Grant) Farrell, Susan (Leon) | 6 |
| Anemone, Robin (David) Skidmore, Sandra Regis, and Michelle | 7 |
| Bell; his son, Richard (Helen) Regis; his 10 grandchildren; his | 8 |
| 5 great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Theresa (Victor) | 9 |
| Beckman and Marie (Robert) Vaught; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Charles Regis; | 13 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Joseph Charles Regis as an | 16 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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