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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Joseph Allen Murphey of |
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| Princeton on Friday, August 20, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Murphey was born on July 9, 1915 in Crete, |
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| Nebraska to Joseph Allen and Mabel (Dutch) Murphey; he married |
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| Winnifred Coward on July 24, 1944 in Portland, Oregon; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Murphey graduated from Doane College in Crete, |
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| Nebraska and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln to be a |
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| chemist; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the |
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| U.S. Army during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Murphey returned after the war to the family |
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| business, Hoffman's Jewelry, which was located next to the |
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| Clark Hotel; he bought the business and started Patterns of the |
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| Past, a matching service for china, silverware, and crystal, |
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| while also running the jewelry store; he and his wife owned and |
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| operated Hoffman's Patterns of the Past for more than 50 years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Murphey was a member of the Lions Club for |
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| more than 50 years and was a member of Princeton Moose Lodge |
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| 1339 and Princeton American Legion; and
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| WHEREAS, His passing has been deeply felt by many, |
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| especially his wife, Winnifred; his sons, Patrick Allen Murphey |
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| and Scott R. (Meg) Murphey; his daughters, Jelinda F. (Richard) |
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| Morse and Susan Jane (Claude) Rasmussen; his grandson, Bryan E. |
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| (Genna) Lorenzana; and his nieces, Allyn Sitterly and Mary |
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| Beastall; he was preceded in death by his parents and one |
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| daughter, Judith Ann Murphey; therefore, be it
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