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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Bernie B. Martin of Prairie View, who |
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| passed away on October 17, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernie B. Martin was born on October 25, 1931; his |
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| parents were Harry and Vivian Martin (Paisley); he married |
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| Jeanette Blocks (Prairie View) in 1956; he was raised near the |
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| farming community of Downing, Missouri on the family farm; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernie B. Martin was a sergeant in the United |
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| States Army and was stationed at various United States bases; |
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| he met his future wife Jeanette Blocks in 1953, while serving |
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| at the NIKI Site Base; he married her in 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernie B. Martin was a machinist for 37 years at |
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| Sparkler Manufacturing Kates Company, Edax International, and |
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| Baxter Corporation; after his retirement, he served as a golf |
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| ranger at the Fort Sheraton Golf Course and Countryside Golf |
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| Course in Mundelein; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernie B. Martin enjoyed sports at the youth, high |
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| school, and professional levels; he was a volunteer member of |
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| the Stevenson High School Football chain gang; he was an avid |
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| supporter and was very active in the local youth sports league |
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| program, serving as the Lincolnshire Spring Lake Sports League |
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| commissioner in the early 1970's and guiding the efforts in |
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| building the league's first lighted baseball field at Daniel |
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| Wright Junior High School, naming the field the "Bernie Martin |
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| Field" in his honor; he and his wife were also active |
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| snowmobilers since 1978 and made several trips a year to |
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| Lakewood, Wisconsin with his family and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernie B. Martin was preceded in death by his |
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| parents, Harry and Vivian; and his sisters, Anna Lee and |
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| Imogene; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernie B. Martin is survived by his wife of 51 |
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| years, Jeanette; his children, Pamela L. (Richard) Toupence, |
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| Roger A. (Patricia) Martin, and Sally A. Martin (Stephanie |
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| Darnall); his grandchildren, Allan, Richard Jr, Jason |
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| (Pamela), Jessica, and Katherine (Roger); his four |
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| great-grandchildren; his brothers, Francis, Ralph, and Ronnie; |
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| his sister, Kathleen; and his many friends and neighbors; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Bernie B. Martin; and be |
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| it further
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