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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 William T. Cox of Geneva, who passed away |
4 | | on May 17, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, William Cox was born on January 6, 1922 in Rock |
6 | | Island; his parents were Tracy W. and Hazel (nee Scott) Cox; he |
7 | | married Ethel Williams on January 24, 1942 in Davenport, Iowa; |
8 | | and
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9 | | WHEREAS, In 1937, William Cox joined the United States |
10 | | Marine Corps, serving until 1939 when he was honorably |
11 | | discharged; he also served in the United States Navy SeaBees |
12 | | from 1943 through 1945 at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii; and |
13 | | WHEREAS, William Cox and his family moved to Geneva in 1956 |
14 | | when he accepted a job with Burgess-Norton; during his long |
15 | | career with Burgess-Norton, he worked as a metallurgist and |
16 | | developed the hardening agent DH-5; he worked at Burgess-Norton |
17 | | from 1955 until his retirement in 1989; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, William Cox was a life member of Masonic Trinity |
19 | | Lodge #208 in Davenport, the American Legion Post #75 in |
20 | | Geneva, and the American Society of Metals; he also contributed |
21 | | many hours to the Kane County Sheriff's Patrol; and
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