Bill Text: IL SR1121 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dennis W. Gorman of Quincy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-11-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1121 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR1121-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
to learn of the death of Dennis W. Gorman of Quincy, who passed
away on June 25, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman, the son of Wayne and Norma (Laney)
Gorman, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 16, 1942; he
graduated from Quincy High School in 1960; he attended
Washington University in St. Louis and then graduated from the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1964, where he was
a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; he married Barbara
"Barb" Keller at the Lutheran Church of St. John in Quincy on
June 27, 1964; he received his Juris Doctor from the
University of Illinois College of Law in 1967; he was admitted
to the Illinois Bar and then later to the Missouri Bar; and
WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman began practicing law with Ira C.
Pierson in Quincy in 1967; he served as a city attorney and
then as an assistant state's attorney part-time while building
his private practice in banking, real estate, probate, and
small corporations; he then began a lengthy career as a school
lawyer, during which he served Quincy Public Schools District
#172, several other public school districts in west central
Illinois, Culver-Stockton College, and Quincy University; he
was also a lecturer in school law at Quincy University for

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several years; after practicing law in various other
partnerships, he joined the law firm of Schmiedeskamp
Robertson Neu & Mitchell LLP in 1995, where he worked with his
son and law partner, Brett K. Gorman; he retired in 2017; and
WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman was passionate about his faith and
was a lifelong member of Faith Presbyterian Church, where he
served numerous terms as an elder and engaged on Presbyterian
church matters at the national level; he was a member and past
president of the Adams County Bar Association and the Quincy
Country Club; he also served as a member of the State Street
Bank Board of Directors for 49 years; and
WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman was a longtime advocate for the Boy
Scouts of America (BSA); he was an Eagle Scout and was selected
to represent Illinois for the Boy Scout Report to the Nation in
Washington D.C. in 1960; he served on the executive board of
the Mississippi Valley Council, BSA and championed the annual
fundraising campaign Friends of Scouting for many years; he
was featured for his service by Scouting Magazine in 1981, and
he received the Silver Beaver Award, the James West Fellowship
Award, and the Scout's Distinguished Citizen Award; and
WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman enjoyed hiking, golfing, biking,
trout fishing, and traveling with his wife and family; and

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WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman was preceded in death by his
parents; his in-laws, Bill Keller and Margaret Keller; and his
son; and
WHEREAS, Dennis Gorman is survived by his wife; his
daughter, Wendy (Tim) Koontz; his daughter-in-law, Debbie
Gorman; his granddaughters, Megan (Jackson) O'Connor, Alice
Gorman, Madelyn (Matthew) Dean, Kate Gorman, and Anne Gorman;
his great-granddaughter, Charlotte O'Connor; his sister, Carol
(Gregory) Alster; his siblings-in-law, Bill Keller, Lynda
Keller, Dennis Cashman, and Marianne Cashman; and several
nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Dennis W. Gorman and extend our sincere condolences to his
family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
further