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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Whitlow of West Frankfort, who passed away on September 18, |
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| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow was born in Highland Park, Michigan on |
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| September 20, 1939; he was the only child of David J. Whitlow |
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| and Flora Delphia (Cipher) Whitlow; he married Mary Lynn |
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| (Niana) Whitlow on February 7, 1969 in West Frankfort; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow graduated from Benton High School in |
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| 1957; he was employed by the Kroger Company from 1957 until |
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| 1963, when he joined the Illinois National Guard and served as |
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| a Supply Sergeant for about 15 years; he was also employed with |
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| the Old Ben Coal Company Mine No. 24 in Benton; after retiring, |
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| he and his wife operated Lynn RV Sales on Illinois 37 in West |
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| Frankfort; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow served as president of the Franklin |
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| County Mental Health Association for a number of years; he also |
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| served on the Board of Directors of Franklin-Williamson Human |
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| Services for about 37 years and was a charter member of the |
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| Franklin-Williamson Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow was an avid SIU basketball fan; he was |
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| a member of the West Frankfort Rotary Club and the Northern |
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| Baptist Church; he was a charter member of the Herrin Bocce |
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| Ball Club and was an avid bocce player for more than 50 years; |
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| he was the founder of Bocce USA, a not-for-profit bocce |
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| organization dedicated to promoting the 7,000 year old Italian |
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| game; he was responsible for the construction of the first set |
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| of indoor bocce courts south of Chicago at the VF Mall in West |
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| Frankfort, which have now been relocated to the New Beginnings |
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| Community Center (formerly Frankfort Elementary School); he |
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| was known throughout his community as "Mr. Bocce"; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow was preceded in death by his parents |
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| and his son, John David Whitlow; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow is survived by his wife, Mary Lynn |
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| Whitlow, and his daughters, Tracy (John) Abbott and Kristy |
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| Fozzard; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Bob |
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| Whitlow; 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 Bob Whitlow as an expression of our |