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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bob
4 Whitlow of West Frankfort, who passed away on September 18,
5 2008; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow was born in Highland Park, Michigan on
7 September 20, 1939; he was the only child of David J. Whitlow
8 and Flora Delphia (Cipher) Whitlow; he married Mary Lynn
9 (Niana) Whitlow on February 7, 1969 in West Frankfort; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow graduated from Benton High School in
11 1957; he was employed by the Kroger Company from 1957 until
12 1963, when he joined the Illinois National Guard and served as
13 a Supply Sergeant for about 15 years; he was also employed with
14 the Old Ben Coal Company Mine No. 24 in Benton; after retiring,
15 he and his wife operated Lynn RV Sales on Illinois 37 in West
16 Frankfort; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow served as president of the Franklin
18 County Mental Health Association for a number of years; he also
19 served on the Board of Directors of Franklin-Williamson Human
20 Services for about 37 years and was a charter member of the
21 Franklin-Williamson Foundation; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow was an avid SIU basketball fan; he was
2 a member of the West Frankfort Rotary Club and the Northern
3 Baptist Church; he was a charter member of the Herrin Bocce
4 Ball Club and was an avid bocce player for more than 50 years;
5 he was the founder of Bocce USA, a not-for-profit bocce
6 organization dedicated to promoting the 7,000 year old Italian
7 game; he was responsible for the construction of the first set
8 of indoor bocce courts south of Chicago at the VF Mall in West
9 Frankfort, which have now been relocated to the New Beginnings
10 Community Center (formerly Frankfort Elementary School); he
11 was known throughout his community as "Mr. Bocce"; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow was preceded in death by his parents
13 and his son, John David Whitlow; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Bob Whitlow is survived by his wife, Mary Lynn
15 Whitlow, and his daughters, Tracy (John) Abbott and Kristy
16 Fozzard; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Bob
20 Whitlow; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to the family of Bob Whitlow as an expression of our

 

 

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1 sympathy.