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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 Emmett C. Sefton of Mount Zion, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 24, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton was born on March 6, 1932, in rural | ||||||
| 6 | Mount Zion, to Ernie A. and Bertha (nee Kinser) Sefton; he was | ||||||
| 7 | a 1949 graduate of Mount Zion High School and served in the | ||||||
| 8 | United States Air Force during the Korean War; he married Joann | ||||||
| 9 | Koshinski on March 14, 1954; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton worked as a farmer for over 51 | ||||||
| 11 | years; he served on many agricultural related boards, including | ||||||
| 12 | the Macon County Farm Bureau, for which he was President from | ||||||
| 13 | 1979 to 1985, the Corn Growers Board, the Heritage Grain | ||||||
| 14 | Elevator Board, and the American Soybean Board, where he | ||||||
| 15 | traveled to Japan and Taiwan promoting the Board's agenda; he | ||||||
| 16 | was a member of the Farm Service Agency and was involved in | ||||||
| 17 | bringing the Farm Progress Show to Decatur; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton contributed to his community | ||||||
| 19 | through numerous civic organizations; he was a member of the | ||||||
| 20 | First Lutheran Church, the Dalton City American Legion Post | ||||||
| 21 | #475, the 4-H Youth Council, and the Masonic Lodge; he belonged | ||||||
| 22 | to the Ansar Shrine (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Mystic Shrine) and the Royal Order of Jesters; he received the | ||||||
| 2 | Mount Zion Lion's Club Citizen of the Year Award in 2000; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton also served his community on the | ||||||
| 4 | Richland Community College Board of Trustees as Secretary, as a | ||||||
| 5 | Trustee of the Mount Zion Township Board, as a member of the | ||||||
| 6 | Macon County Zoning Appeals Board, as an Election Judge, and as | ||||||
| 7 | a Precinct Committeeman; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton enjoyed big band music and was a | ||||||
| 9 | member of the Juvae Jazz Society; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 11 | parents; his sister, Alberta McGeehon; and one | ||||||
| 12 | great-granddaughter; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Emmett Sefton is survived by his wife, Joann; his | ||||||
| 14 | daughter, Sharon Sefton-Jenkins; his son, Steve (Georgia) | ||||||
| 15 | Sefton; his grandchildren, Dawn (Kelly) Osborne, Tracy (Brian) | ||||||
| 16 | Verbiski, Joshua Jenkins, Brett Jenkins, Jacob Sefton, Joseph | ||||||
| 17 | and Rebecca Sefton, and Anthony Mancini; his 14 | ||||||
| 18 | great-grandchildren; his special nephew, Mike (Julie) | ||||||
| 19 | McGeehon; and his brother-in-law, Donald (Diana) Koshinski; | ||||||
| 20 | therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | Emmett C. Sefton, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 3 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Emmett Sefton as an expression of | ||||||
| 7 | our deepest sympathy.
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