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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to
4 the family and friends of Emmett Ellsworth Kirby of Champaign,
5 who passed away on January 21, 2006; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Kirby was born on December 22, 1914, to
7 William Ellsworth and Minnie Price Kirby; on October 6, 1957,
8 he married Evelyn Dixon; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Emmett Kirby was raised on a farm in McLean County
10 and did handy work on tractors, cars, mowers, radios, plumbing,
11 and electricity; he graduated from Urbana High School in 1933
12 and went to work at the Rock Island Arsenal during World War II
13 building recoil mechanisms for cannons; he later worked at the
14 civil engineering machine shop at Talbott Hall at the
15 University of Illinois, retiring in 1976; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mr. Kirby cast his first vote in 1936; a historian
17 of Champaign, Ford, and McLean counties, he traced his family
18 tradition of voting in the area to its pioneer beginnings, when
19 Joshua Trickel served as an election judge in 1832; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Emmett Kirby was known for his knowledge, wit, and
21 his devotion to the Republican party; he was fond of making toy
22 donkeys and other joking references to the Democrats and giving
23 them out to his GOP pals; he frequently wrote letters to the
24 editor that appeared in the News-Gazette and would pop up
25 regularly in election stories; and
 
26     WHEREAS, Mr. Kirby was also fond of traveling; he traveled
27 extensively in Ireland and England; and
 
28     WHEREAS, Emmett Kirby was preceded in death by his brother;
29 and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The passing of Emmett Ellsworth Kirby will be felt
2 by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Evelyn; and
3 his many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6 we mourn, along with all who knew and loved him, the death of
7 Emmett Ellsworth Kirby; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Emmett Ellsworth Kirby as an
10 expression of our deepest sympathy.