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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
David Pearson Thorpe, who passed away on 
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April 16, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, David Thorpe grew up in Pittsburgh as the son of a 
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steelworker; as a young boy, he wanted to become a 
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metallurgical engineer; he graduated from the University of 
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Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in engineering; he then 
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went to work for a steel company in Titusville, Pennsylvania, 
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where he lived with his wife and children for 14 years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In the 1970s, David Thorpe moved with his family 
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to Auburn Heights, Michigan, where he worked for another steel 
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company for 7 years before taking a job with Republic Steel in 
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Chicago and moving to Glen Ellyn in 1980; he retired from 
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Republic Steel after many years of service; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In the 1980s, David Thorpe began volunteering as a 
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youth counselor at St. Thomas United Methodist Church in Glen 
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Ellyn; he led several mission trips to Ohio to help remodel 
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homes for the elderly and to Honduras to build homes and 
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schools; during that time, he was also a volunteer with the 
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Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Chatham, where he 
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collected and helped ship emergency supplies to flood-stricken 
 


 






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areas across the Midwest for many years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, For the last several years, David Thorpe was a 
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participant in the Glen Ellyn/Wheaton CROP WALK, a 6K walk 
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sponsored by Church World Service to raise funds to fight world 
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hunger; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, David Thorpe was employed with the DuPage 
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Community Clinic for many years, helping those who didn't have 
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health insurance or money for medications get the care they 
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needed; and
 
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    WHEREAS, David Thorpe is survived by his wife of 54 years, 
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Norma; his sons, William and Daniel; his daughters, Rebecca 
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Flood and Polly Acton; his sister, Marjorie Worst; and his 9 
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grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of David Pearson Thorpe; 
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and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of David Thorpe as an expression of our 
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sympathy.