Full Text of SR0924 94th General Assembly
SR0924 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Joseph Peck of Wilmette on | 4 |
| Thursday, November 30, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on October 9, 1925 in Chicago to Hyman | 6 |
| and Sonia Peckerman; he was united in marriage to the former | 7 |
| Roslyn Mendell on November 23, 1950, and they recently | 8 |
| celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, He grew up in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and | 10 |
| was a member of the Humboldt Park Boys Club, where he played | 11 |
| basketball, baseball, and tennis; he helped his parents by | 12 |
| working in their Devon Avenue newsstand on Saturday nights and | 13 |
| held various jobs as a dime store clerk, movie theater usher, | 14 |
| and shoe salesman; he expressed his creativity by painting | 15 |
| pictures from ages 12 to 18; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Tuley High School in 1941 at the | 17 |
| age of 16 and was admitted into Chicago Teachers College, where | 18 |
| he started as center for the basketball team and was sports | 19 |
| editor for the Chicago Teachers College newspaper; he served in | 20 |
| the Army Air Corps during World War II and then returned to | 21 |
| obtain an accounting degree from DePaul University in 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, He became a CPA in 1950 and subsequently graduated | 23 |
| from DePaul Law School in 1956; he was admitted to the Illinois | 24 |
| State Bar in 1956, the Florida Bar in 1975, and was certified | 25 |
| in Florida as one of only 300 tax specialists; in 1958 Joe and | 26 |
| his family moved to Wilmette and were founding members of the | 27 |
| Beth Hillel Congregation; he was active as a Democratic | 28 |
| Precinct Captain from 1958 to 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe and his family liked to travel and took | 30 |
| numerous vacations around the world, including Spain, Romania, |
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| Morocco, and Portugal; he was an avid athlete and sports | 2 |
| spectator and loved playing tennis with his children and square | 3 |
| dancing with his wife; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Joseph Peck has been deeply felt by | 5 |
| many, especially his wife, Roslyn Peck; his children, Kerry | 6 |
| (Hillary), Kraig (Donna), Kevin (Roxanne), and Klaudeen | 7 |
| (Frank) Valdivia; his grandchildren, Haley, Brandon, Louis, | 8 |
| Russell, David, Josh, Keenen, and Kameron; and his sister, | 9 |
| Lillian Ronick; he was preceded in death by his son, Keenen; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 |
| Joseph Peck, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy.
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