Full Text of SR0754 096th General Assembly
SR0754 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
Thomas Couri of East Peoria, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 10, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Couri was born on March 24, 1924, in | 6 |
| Peoria; his parents were Mike and Kemla (Farrah) Couri; he | 7 |
| married Jeanette Kouri on May 4, 1948, in Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Couri was graduate of Spalding Institute; | 9 |
| he earned a Purple Heart during World War II while serving his | 10 |
| country in the United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Couri was a co-owner of Couri's Food Town | 12 |
| in East Peoria and later Couri's Fast License Service; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Couri was a lifetime member of the Itoo | 14 |
| Society and a member of Sacred Heart Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Couri was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 |
| his 4 brothers; and his 3 sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Couri is survived by his wife; his sons, | 18 |
| Michael (Vickie) and Robert (Kathy); his daughters, Karen | 19 |
| (Fred) Clark, Janice (Ray) Martin, Tricia (Jeff) Lambrich, |
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| Debra (Bill) Spears, Jeannine (George) Jacob, Beth (Ed) Olehy, | 2 |
| Sue Couri, and Cindy (Lester) Behrends; his 23 grandchildren; | 3 |
| his 6 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Robert (Helen) and | 4 |
| Mike Jr. (Margaret); and his sister, Cecilia Maroon; therefore, | 5 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Thomas Couri; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Thomas Couri as an expression of our | 12 |
| sympathy.
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