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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives learned with sadness of the death of Anthony W. 
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"Tony" Dyhrkopp of Gold Hill Ranch, Shawneetown, on April 10, 
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2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Dyhrkopp was born September 17, 1947, in 
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Evansville, Indiana, the son of Einar and Frances (Sanders) 
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Dyhrkopp of Shawneetown; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He graduated from Shawneetown High School in 1965 
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and received his Juris Doctorate degree from North Carolina in 
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1974; he also studied at Chicago Kent College of Law, Parson 
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College, and enrolled in a European study program with the 
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International College of Copenhagen, Denmark, spending 
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considerable time in Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, 
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Hungary, East and West Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and 
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Spain; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served as an Assistant Illinois Attorney 
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General, specializing in revenue litigation and consumer 
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fraud, between two terms as Gallatin County State's Attorney; 
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he also served as a Hearing Officer for Secretary of State 
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Jessie White; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of First Baptist Church in 
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Shawneetown; he was vice-president of Tecumseh International, 
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an alumni of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, a member of the 
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Equality Masonic Lodge 2, and a lifelong Democrat; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He will be remembered as an affable man with a 
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good sense of humor; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandmother, 
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Myrtle Schwander and his great-grandfather, Guy R. Lambert; his 
 


 






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grandmother Vevith (Denton) Dyhrkopp; his grandfather, Victor 
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Dyhrkopp; his great-grandmother, Sarah H. Denton; and his 
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great-uncle, Col. Samuel A. Denton, and his wife, Ethel; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Anthony W. "Tony" Dyhrkopp is felt 
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by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 28 years, 
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Ellen (Lambert) Dyhrkopp; his sons, Douglas Einar Dyhrkopp and 
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Aaron Joseph Dyhrkopp; his daughter, Kara Ruth Dyhrkopp; his 
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parents, Einar and Frances Dyhrkopp; and numerous other 
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relatives; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we mourn the passing of Anthony W. "Tony" Dyhrkopp and extend 
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our sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, 
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and community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.