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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of John W. Mitchell of Decatur, who passed
4 away on November 17, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, John W. Mitchell was born July 6, 1924, in
6 Decatur, the son of William and Alberta Mitchell; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He enlisted in the United States Army Corp of
8 Engineers in 1942 and released in 1945; and
 
9     WHEREAS, John graduated from the University of Colorado in
10 Boulder in 1950; he served as Vice President of A&E, an
11 engineering firm in Decatur; John married Angela Edwards in
12 1951 and had three children, Michele, Bill, and Michael; and
 
13     WHEREAS, John was a man of few words, but when he spoke
14 people listened; he was a man of great character and integrity
15 and he will be missed; and
 
16     WHEREAS, John W. Mitchell is survived by his wife of 57
17 years, Angela; his children, Michele (Joe) Kearney; Illinois
18 State Representative Bill Mitchell; and Michael Mitchell; his
19 grandson, Jack Kearney; his brother, Bob Mitchell; and his
20 granddogs, Sophie and Pat Kearney; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family and friends, the passing of John W. Mitchell; and be
4 it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of John W. Mitchell as a symbol of our
7 sincere sympathy.