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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 Kirby M. Platter of Rock Island, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 13, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Kirby Platter was born in Dallas, Texas to Henry | ||||||
| 6 | Van Every and Grace (McDonough) Platter on May 24, 1932; in his | ||||||
| 7 | youth, he lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, Pass Christian, | ||||||
| 8 | Mississippi, and New York City, New York; at age five, he moved | ||||||
| 9 | with his mother to Atlanta, Georgia; he attended Christ the | ||||||
| 10 | King Grade School and Marist High School; he attended | ||||||
| 11 | University of Georgia for one year; he served in the U.S. Army | ||||||
| 12 | and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War; he earned a | ||||||
| 13 | bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech | ||||||
| 14 | in December 1957; Kirby Platter married Jo Ann Paterna in 1958; | ||||||
| 15 | they had seven children; he later married Carol DeKezel in Rock | ||||||
| 16 | Island on November 25, 1989; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, From 1958 to 1965, Kirby Platter lived in Decatur, | ||||||
| 18 | Alabama; while there, he held various Industrial Engineering | ||||||
| 19 | positions, including working for NASA in Huntsville, Alabama, | ||||||
| 20 | where he worked on tooling the Saturn 5 Booster as part of the | ||||||
| 21 | Apollo moon program; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Kirby Platter moved his family to the Quad Cities | ||||||
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| 1 | in 1965; he held Manufacturing Engineering Management | ||||||
| 2 | positions with JI Case for over 23 years; after Case, he held a | ||||||
| 3 | number of contract positions in Industrial Engineering, | ||||||
| 4 | Quality Assurance, Technical Writing, and Personnel Management | ||||||
| 5 | with a number of firms in Illinois and Iowa; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Kirby Platter loved life and lived a full one; he | ||||||
| 7 | enjoyed domestic and international travel; he was an ardent | ||||||
| 8 | Georgia Tech and Hawkeye fan; he volunteered his time towards | ||||||
| 9 | several organizations, including LIFE adult tutoring at | ||||||
| 10 | Blackhawk College, the APRIS program of reading newspapers on | ||||||
| 11 | air for the visually impaired through NPR's WVIK radio station, | ||||||
| 12 | the Red Cross, and Trinity Hospital; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Kirby Platter was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 14 | parents; his wife, Carol DeKezel; his sister, Mimi (Joseph) | ||||||
| 15 | Cook; and his brother, Van (Mimi) Platter; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Kirby Platter is survived by his children, John | ||||||
| 17 | (Justine) Platter, Peter (Cheryl) Platter, Susan (Troy) | ||||||
| 18 | Hudson, Molly Bussert, Margaret Platter, Brigid (Harry) Dodge, | ||||||
| 19 | and Ann (Matthew) Patterson; his stepchildren, Karen DeKezel, | ||||||
| 20 | Thomas (Charlene) DeKezel, and Timothy (Lona) DeKezel; his | ||||||
| 21 | eight grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews; | ||||||
| 22 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 3 | Kirby M. Platter and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 4 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Kirby Platter as an expression of | ||||||
| 8 | our deepest sympathy.
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