Full Text of SR0064 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Rodney C. Pennington of Glen Ellyn, who | 4 | | passed away November 18, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rodney Pennington was born in Elmhurst; he | 6 | | graduated from Glenbard West High School and earned a degree | 7 | | from the University of Illinois in 1974; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rodney Pennington worked for a time selling | 9 | | computer mainframes until he learned the printing business; he | 10 | | and his wife, Joyce, ran a print shop, known as Express Press, | 11 | | for 28 years; starting in 2001, he spent a decade as a real | 12 | | estate agent for Baird & Warner; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rodney Pennington was a volunteer firefighter for | 14 | | 34 years in Glen Ellyn beginning in 1976; he served on the fire | 15 | | company's board of directors from 1997 to 2005; he devoted | 16 | | significant amounts of time to the revitalization projects of | 17 | | Glen Ellyn's fire stations and was chairman of the fire | 18 | | company's committee to commemorate the department's 100th | 19 | | anniversary in 2007; he took great pride in being able to serve | 20 | | alongside his son, Brian, who was sworn in as a firefighter in | 21 | | 2010; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rodney Pennington is survived by his wife, Joyce; | 2 | | his son, Brian; his daughters, Amanda Heinz and Valerie Wolf; | 3 | | his mother, Betty; his brothers, Stephen and Doug; his sisters, | 4 | | Joyce Rodos and Carol Constantine; and his 4 grandchildren; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Rodney Pennington, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Rodney Pennington as an expression | 13 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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