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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Martin L. Parisot of Moline, who passed
4away on July 24, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Martin Parisot was born in Leland to Louis Parisot
6and Stella (Zuber) Parisot on April 6, 1921; he graduated from
7Somonauk Community High School; he served in the U.S. Army Air
8Corps during World War II, where he was B-17 bomber tail gunner
9until his plane was shot down over Germany; he was a Prisoner
10of War in Stalag 17B in Austria for 21 months; he was awarded
11the European Theater Operations Medal with six bronze stars and
12discharged as a technical sergeant after three years of
13service; he earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical
14Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1949; he
15completed additional graduate work at the University of Dayton,
16Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa; he married
17Evelyn Maginn in Newton on October 14, 1950; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Martin Parisot worked at Wright Patterson Air
19Force Base in Dayton, Ohio; he then worked at the Rock Island
20Arsenal, where he retired in 1976 as chief of the Product
21Engineering Division of Rodman Laboratory; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Martin Parisot was an active member of St. Pius X

 

 

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1Church in Rock Island and the Western Illinois Chapter of
2American Ex-Prisoners of War; he was the former president of
3the Blackhawk Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional
4Engineers; he enjoyed restoring farm equipment, woodworking,
5gardening, photography, pottery, coin collecting, golfing,
6playing cards, and working on stained glass; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Martin Parisot was preceded in death by his
8parents; his sisters, Heloise Parisot and Rita Parisot; and his
9brothers, Leo Parisot and Paul (Ethel) Parisot; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Martin Parisot is survived by his wife, Evelyn;
11his children, Marilyn Gairns, David (Anne) Parisot, Carol
12(Gary) McCormick, Janis (David) Hult, Lisa Gaeta, Brenda
13(Dennis) Means, and Kevin (Kathleen) Parisot; his
14grandchildren, Alexandra Parisot, Kristyn (Scott) Bair, Erin
15(Chad) Schmidt, Erik (Abigail) Hult, Andrea (Tyler) Maas, Kaleb
16Hult, Eli Gaeta, Owen Means, Zoe Means, Ryan Parisot, Megan
17Parisot, Shannon Parisot, Brendan Parisot, Colin Parisot, and
18Aidan Parisot; and his great-grandchildren, Arthur Bair,
19Martin Bair, Emmett Bair, Sylvia Schmidt, Rosalie Schmidt, and
20Genevieve Hult; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
23Martin L. Parisot and extend our sincere condolences to his

 

 

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1family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Martin Parisot as an expression of
5our deepest sympathy.