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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
Paul Eugene Quinlan of Champaign, who |
| 4 | | passed away on April 30, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan was born on September 12, 1934, in |
| 6 | | Urbana; his parents were Frank and June (Parker) Quinlan; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan grew up in Rantoul and graduated from |
| 8 | | Rantoul High School in 1952; he subsequently earned his |
| 9 | | bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the University |
| 10 | | of Illinois; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan served as a member of the United |
| 12 | | States Army Reserve in 1957 and 1958 and was based at Fort |
| 13 | | Leonard Wood, Missouri and Fort Riley, Kansas; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan taught social studies and English and |
| 15 | | coached at Henning High School, Fischer High School, and |
| 16 | | Jefferson Middle School before finishing his career at Central |
| 17 | | High School; he retired in 1992 after 34 years of dedicated |
| 18 | | service; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan served on the Champaign County Board |
| 20 | | for 4 years and the Parkland College Board of Trustees for 18 |
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| 1 | | years; he served as a Democratic Precinct Committeeman and ran |
| 2 | | for numerous other political offices; he also gave back to |
| 3 | | others by working as a mentor to local students in the |
| 4 | | One-On-One Program through his membership in the |
| 5 | | Champaign-Urbana Kiwanis Club and as a member of St. Matthews |
| 6 | | Catholic Church; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan was an avid runner and charter member |
| 8 | | of the Second Wind Running Club in Champaign; he competed in |
| 9 | | hundreds of local races and completed 10 marathons, including |
| 10 | | the Boston Marathon in 1984; he was a devoted Democrat and |
| 11 | | enjoyed trading political barbs with his conservative friends; |
| 12 | | he also enjoyed gardening, watching the Chicago Cubs and |
| 13 | | Illini, and going to the Champaign Public Library; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Paul Quinlan is survived by his wife of 45 years, |
| 15 | | Mary ("Vincie"); his children, Karen (Shawn) Allen, Kevin (Jo |
| 16 | | Ellen) Quinlan, Krista (Jim) Borschnack, and Michael (Jen) |
| 17 | | Quinlan; his grandchildren, Austin, Ryan, and Luke Allen, Emily |
| 18 | | Lagos, and Christopher, Alison, Katelyn, and Nicholas |
| 19 | | Borschnack; his sisters, Janet (Rich) Miles and Ann (Bob) |
| 20 | | Cavanaugh; and his brothers, Jim (Mary) Quinlan, Phil (Barbara) |
| 21 | | Quinlan, and Roger (Sue) Quinlan; therefore, be it
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |