Full Text of SR0460 95th General Assembly
SR0460 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 Theodore "Theo" Stephens of Dolton, who | 4 |
| passed away on December 11, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 28, 1950 in Phenix City, | 6 |
| Alabama, the son of Robert and Frankie (Jackson) Stephens; on | 7 |
| July 13, 1985 he married Ann Mayden; and
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| WHEREAS, Theo Stephens worked at Illinois Workers' | 9 |
| Compensation Commission and was due to retire at the end of | 10 |
| 2007 after twenty-nine years of service; he was a graduate of | 11 |
| Fort Valley State University, where he majored in music; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army from 1974 to | 13 |
| 1976 and played saxophone with the military band; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved sports and playing his saxophone; he was | 15 |
| a member of Logos Baptist Assembly in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Theodore "Theo" Stephens will be | 17 |
| deeply felt by those who knew and loved him, especially his | 18 |
| wife, Ann (Mayden) Stephens; his daughter, Donna (Jamal) | 19 |
| Rochelle; his grandson, Dontae Rochelle; his mother, Frankie | 20 |
| Stephens; his sisters, Christine Walker and Betty Brown; and |
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| his brothers, Albert and James Stephens; he was preceded in | 2 |
| death by his father, Robert Stephens; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Theodore "Theo" | 6 |
| Stephens; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Theodore Stephens as a symbol of our | 9 |
| sincere sympathy.
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