Full Text of SR0412 96th General Assembly
SR0412 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
Paul Cope of Alton, who passed away on | 4 |
| September 21, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul Cope was born on September 2, 1925 in | 6 |
| Otterville; he was the son of Lester and Blanche (Price) Cope; | 7 |
| he married the former Helen Beuschel on May 5, 1950 at the | 8 |
| Otterville Baptist Church in Otterville; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul Cope worked for McLain Trucking for over 40 | 10 |
| years; he enjoyed the adventures of being an over-the-road | 11 |
| trucker; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul Cope was a member of the First United | 13 |
| Methodist Church in East Alton, where he ushered and enjoyed | 14 |
| playing softball; he particularly enjoyed spending time with | 15 |
| his children and grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul Cope was preceded in death by his wife, | 17 |
| Helen; his parents; his brothers, Leslie Cope, Mark Cope, and | 18 |
| Clyde Cope; and his sister, Marian Cope; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul Cope is survived by his daughters, Leslie | 20 |
| Hill and Mona Davis; his grandchildren, Keith Barrow, Rebecca |
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| Hill, and Chad Barrow; his great-grandson, David Jeffrey Hill; | 2 |
| and his sister, Gladys Drainer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Paul Cope; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Paul Cope as an expression of our | 9 |
| sympathy.
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