Full Text of SR0861 99th 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 Gerald J. White of Waukegan, who passed | 4 | | away on July 30, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White was born on January 22, 1932 in | 6 | | Waukegan; his parents were James and Frances White; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White served his country as a member of the | 8 | | United States Army for 2 years; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White graduated from Waukegan High School | 10 | | in 1950; he subsequently earned a bachelor's degree from Notre | 11 | | Dame in 1958 and a master's degree from DePaul University; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White was employed at Abbott Laboratories | 13 | | for 2 years; he later taught at St. Mary's High School in Mount | 14 | | Clemmons, Michigan for 4 years and at North Chicago High School | 15 | | for 30 years, teaching United States history and coaching | 16 | | baseball; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White was a counselor at the Culver | 18 | | Military Academy's Woodcraft Summer Camp for 20 years; he | 19 | | volunteered with the SPRED program at Most Blessed Trinity for | 20 | | many years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White loved taking yearly trips to British | 2 | | Columbia and hiked in the mountains; he also enjoyed attending | 3 | | Notre Dame football games and the Chicago White Sox; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Gerald White is survived by a sister, Rhea White; | 5 | | his cousins, Violet Gibbs, Ralph Kenyon, Robert White, | 6 | | Marylinda Snow, Constance Wahlin, William Blake, Roger | 7 | | Grodeon, Ty Grodeon, Jeannine Gibbs-Heart, Kathleen (Roy) | 8 | | Anderson and her family, Richard (Candace) Kenyon and his | 9 | | family, Philip (Kimberly) Kenyon, and Mary (Robert) Fritz and | 10 | | her family; and his beloved dog, Ginger; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Gerald J. White; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Gerald White as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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