Full Text of SR0999 96th 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 Roman Miller of Waukegan, who passed away | 4 | | on August 6, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roman Miller was born in 1917 to Nicholas and | 6 | | Margaret (Westrup) Miller in Eden Valley, Minnesota, and spent | 7 | | his formative years in Millerville, Minnesota; in 1942, he | 8 | | married Cresy Wilken; from 1942 to 1946, he served as a | 9 | | Communications Specialist with the United States Army Air Force | 10 | | Headquarters, including two years in New Guinea and the | 11 | | Philippines; after teaching in Minnesota for several years, | 12 | | Roman moved with his family in 1955 to Waukegan to accept a | 13 | | position as a Business Education teacher at Waukegan Township | 14 | | High School; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Roman Miller spent his first 12 years as an | 16 | | educator working as a classroom teacher, guidance counselor, | 17 | | the Director of Guidance for Waukegan East High School, and the | 18 | | Director of Data Processing and spent his last 14 years, prior | 19 | | to retirement in 1981, serving as an Associate Superintendent | 20 | | for Business Affairs for the Waukegan Unit School District; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He received an undergraduate degree in Business | 22 | | Education from St. Cloud (Minnesota) State University and |
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| 1 | | received advanced degrees from the University of Minnesota and | 2 | | Northwestern University; he was active in civic and community | 3 | | affairs at both the local and State level; he served as | 4 | | President of the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, as a | 5 | | Trustee of the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, as | 6 | | Secretary of the Waukegan Civil Service Commission, as a Board | 7 | | member of Junior Achievement, as a Charter member and President | 8 | | of Waukegan Crime Stoppers, as Chairman of a United Way | 9 | | Allocations Committee, as President of the Waukegan Library | 10 | | Foundation, as Coordinator and Instructor in the Lake County | 11 | | AARP Tax-Aide Program, as Treasurer of the Lake County Retired | 12 | | Teachers Association, and as a member of the Waukegan Public | 13 | | School Board; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Waukegan | 15 | | Township Senior Citizens Service Committee and was | 16 | | instrumental in the construction of Park Place; he served over | 17 | | 30 years as a Credit Union Director and was involved in | 18 | | Consumers Credit Union; he received many awards, including a | 19 | | National AARP award for community service; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Roman Miller was preceded in death by his beloved | 21 | | wife of 64 years, Cresy, with whom he created a marriage built | 22 | | on love and respect; by his parents; his brothers, John and | 23 | | Philip; and his sister, Florence; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Roman Miller is survived by his daughter, Penny | 2 | | Miller and her partner, Richard Hershman; his sons, Michael | 3 | | Miller and his wife, Patricia Berry, and Jonathan Miller and | 4 | | his wife, Julie Rand; his grandchildren, Stacy Mahoney and her | 5 | | husband, Tim Mahoney, Nicole Miller and her husband, Ed | 6 | | Stevenson, Katharine (Kevin) Mershon, Matthew Pflaum, Kevin | 7 | | Pflaum, and Brian Pflaum; his great-grandchildren, Lily, | 8 | | Susie, and Margee Mahoney, Brendon, Alex, Nate, and Carly | 9 | | Stevenson, and many nieces and nephews; he is also survived by | 10 | | his sisters, Mary Roers, Elaine Adamek, and Dorine Lehn; his | 11 | | brother, Joseph; his sisters-in-law, Kathleen Miller and | 12 | | Maxine Wilken, and by his brother-in-law and college roommate, | 13 | | Claude (Delores) Wilken; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 | | his family and friends, the passing of Roman Miller; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Roman Miller as a symbol of our | 20 | | sincere sympathy.
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