Bill Text: IL SR0093 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John Cunningham of Normal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0093 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0093-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of John Cunningham of Normal, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on January 30, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, John Cunningham was born in Bloomington to Michael | ||||||
| 6 | T. and Abbie Duga Cunningham on October 12, 1930; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Trinity High School in 1949 and served in the United | ||||||
| 8 | States Air Force; he married Paula Daly at Holy Trinity Church | ||||||
| 9 | in Bloomington on January 14, 1953; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, John Cunningham was a lifelong farmer and spent | ||||||
| 11 | his career in agriculture; he retired from Myers Inc. in | ||||||
| 12 | Towanda in 1990; he then retired from State Farm Insurance | ||||||
| 13 | Company in 2003; he also served as Towanda Township Supervisor | ||||||
| 14 | for 20 years; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, John Cunningham was a member of St. Patrick Church | ||||||
| 16 | of Merna and the Knights of Columbus; he was a volunteer at OSF | ||||||
| 17 | HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center; he founded the Cornbelt | ||||||
| 18 | Two-Cylinder Club for those who enjoyed restoring John Deere | ||||||
| 19 | tractors; he cherished any time he was able to spend with his | ||||||
| 20 | family; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, John Cunningham was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | brothers, Thomas and Ralph Cunningham; and his sister, Rosemary | ||||||
| 2 | Cunningham, in infancy; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, John Cunningham is survived by his wife of 66 | ||||||
| 4 | years, Paula; his daughters, Trish Cunningham, Therese | ||||||
| 5 | Cunningham, Mary (Tom) Luttrell, and Lucy (Andy) Mardis; and | ||||||
| 6 | his grandchildren, John Luttrell, Maggie Luttrell, Abbie | ||||||
| 7 | (Mark) Fieder, and Mary Mardis; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | John Cunningham and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 11 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of John Cunningham as an expression of | ||||||
| 15 | our deepest sympathy.
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