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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 Donald Lee "Don" Totten of Cornelius, |
| 4 | | formerly of Elgin, who passed away on April 2, 2019; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Don Totten was born to Edgar and Louise Totten in |
| 6 | | Brooklyn, New York on February 19, 1933; he was raised in New |
| 7 | | Jersey and attended Ridgewood High School; he received his |
| 8 | | Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Notre Dame |
| 9 | | University in 1955; shortly after graduation, he married Joyce |
| 10 | | Anderson; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, After a few years in the engineering field, Don |
| 12 | | Totten was elected Republican Committeeman of Schaumburg |
| 13 | | Township in 1966; he was elected to the Illinois legislature in |
| 14 | | 1972; he was elected State Senator in 1980; in 1982, he ran for |
| 15 | | Lieutenant Governor; he was elected Chairman of the Cook County |
| 16 | | Republican Central Committee in 1985; in July of 1990, he was |
| 17 | | appointed Director of the Regional Transportation Authority; |
| 18 | | throughout this time, he was president of a private consulting |
| 19 | | firm specializing in government relations, management, and |
| 20 | | political consulting; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1976, Don Totten was the State Chairman of the |
| 22 | | Illinois Citizens for Reagan and a member of the Steering |
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| 1 | | Committee of the Illinois President Ford Committee; he received |
| 2 | | the Illinois Conservative Union's Legislator of the Year Award |
| 3 | | in 1977; in 1980, he was the Regional Political Director and |
| 4 | | Illinois State Chairman for the Reagan for President Committee |
| 5 | | and a member of Reagan's transition team; he was appointed to |
| 6 | | the International Joint Commission in July of 1981; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Don Totten was preceded in death by his parents; |
| 8 | | his wife, Joyce; his daughter, Donna; and his sister, Betty |
| 9 | | Estelle; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Don Totten is survived by his sister, Barbara |
| 11 | | Hellenack; his children, Diane Faldstein, Robert (Cyndi) |
| 12 | | Totten; and Kathy (Mike) Weber; his grandchildren, Brett |
| 13 | | Faldstein, Ericka Faldstein, Kyle Weber, Jennifer Totten, Alex |
| 14 | | Weber, Daniel Totten, and Brian Totten; and his great-grandson, |
| 15 | | Joshua Brady; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | Donald Lee "Don" Totten and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Don Totten as an expression of our |