Full Text of SR0747 97th 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
Paul Eugene Quinlan of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on April 30, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan was born on September 12, 1934, in | 6 | | Urbana; his parents were Frank and June (Parker) Quinlan; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan grew up in Rantoul and graduated from | 8 | | Rantoul High School in 1952; he subsequently earned his | 9 | | bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the University | 10 | | of Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan served as a member of the United | 12 | | States Army Reserve in 1957 and 1958 and was based at Fort | 13 | | Leonard Wood, Missouri and Fort Riley, Kansas; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan taught social studies and English and | 15 | | coached at Henning High School, Fischer High School, and | 16 | | Jefferson Middle School before finishing his career at Central | 17 | | High School; he retired in 1992 after 34 years of dedicated | 18 | | service; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan served on the Champaign County Board | 20 | | for 4 years and the Parkland College Board of Trustees for 18 |
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| 1 | | years; he served as a Democratic Precinct Committeeman and ran | 2 | | for numerous other political offices; he also gave back to | 3 | | others by working as a mentor to local students in the | 4 | | One-On-One Program through his membership in the | 5 | | Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club and as a member of St. Matthews | 6 | | Catholic Church; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan was an avid runner and charter member | 8 | | of the Second Wind Running Club in Champaign; he competed in | 9 | | hundreds of local races and completed 10 marathons, including | 10 | | the Boston Marathon in 1984; he was a devoted Democrat and | 11 | | enjoyed trading political barbs with his conservative friends; | 12 | | he also enjoyed gardening, watching the Chicago Cubs and | 13 | | Illini, and going to the Champaign Public Library; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan is survived by his wife of 45 years, | 15 | | Mary ("Vincie"); his children, Karen (Shawn) Allen, Kevin (Jo | 16 | | Ellen) Quinlan, Krista (Jim) Borschnack, and Michael (Jen) | 17 | | Quinlan; his grandchildren, Austin, Ryan, and Luke Allen, Emily | 18 | | Lagos, and Christopher, Alison, Katelyn, and Nicholas | 19 | | Borschnack; his sisters, Janet (Rich) Miles and Ann (Bob) | 20 | | Cavanaugh; and his brothers, Jim (Mary) Quinlan, Phil (Barbara) | 21 | | Quinlan, and Roger (Sue) Quinlan; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| 1 | | his family and friends, the passing of Paul Eugene Quinlan; and | 2 | | be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Paul Quinlan as an expression of our | 5 | | sympathy.
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