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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 Ronald E. Hopwood, Sr. of Springfield, |
| 4 | | who passed away on August 16, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was born on July 31, 1940 in |
| 6 | | Springfield; his parents were Harold and Katherine Lucille |
| 7 | | Durham Hopwood; he married Doris Davis on November 11, 1983; |
| 8 | | and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. served his country as a member |
| 10 | | of the United States Air Force; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was employed with the |
| 12 | | Statesville Correctional Facility, the Master Supply Company, |
| 13 | | Beatrice Foods, Springfield Clinic, and Elliott Avenue Baptist |
| 14 | | Church; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was a member and president of |
| 16 | | the Springfield Center for Independent Living Board of |
| 17 | | Directors, the Springfield Mass Transit District Advisory |
| 18 | | Committee, the Springfield Disabilities Committee, the SCIL |
| 19 | | Access Committee, and the Coalition for Citizens with |
| 20 | | Disabilities of Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was an alumnus of the Greater |
| 2 | | Springfield Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Springfield |
| 3 | | program; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. was preceded in death by his |
| 5 | | parents and a brother, Stan Hopwood; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hopwood, Sr. is survived by his wife, |
| 7 | | Doris; 3 children, Ronald Gene Hopwood, Jr., Anthony Scott |
| 8 | | (Kim) Hopwood, and Katherine Lynnette Hopwood; 3 |
| 9 | | grandchildren, Jeremy Simmons, Jordan Hopwood, and Erika |
| 10 | | Hopwood; 6 siblings, John (Jan) Hopwood, Dorothy (Jim) Freeman, |
| 11 | | Linda Hawker, Nancy Hopwood, Mary (Bob) Christians, and Dee |
| 12 | | (Marion) Ring; numerous nieces and nephews; and his special |
| 13 | | friends, Jerry, Charlene, and Brandon Gibson; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 16 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ronald E. Hopwood, |
| 17 | | Sr.; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Ronald Hopwood, Sr. as an expression |
| 20 | | of our sympathy.
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