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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Vergil H. Fletcher of Collinsville, who
4 passed away on June 30, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher retired after 32 years as head
6 basketball coach of Collinsville High School, where he led his
7 teams to 747 victories and two State titles in 1961 and 1965;
8 he was named Illinois National High School Coach of the Year in
9 1972 and was picked as one of the greatest high school coaches
10 of the century; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher was a member of the American
12 Legion Post #365 in Collinsville, the Collinsville Noontime
13 Lions Club, and the Knights of Columbus; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher was preceded in death by his
15 brother, Cecil, and his sisters, Helen Baker, Audra Brown, and
16 Rose Mitchell; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher was the beloved husband of Violet
18 Fletcher; the dear son of the late John and Etta Fletcher; the
19 loving father of Marietta (Dr. Marion) Thompson, Dr. Marlene
20 (Dr. Joseph) Rotter, Marcia Yates, Marian (Bruce) Evans, Mike
21 (Margie) Fletcher, and Marc (Joan) Fletcher; and the dear

 

 

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1 brother of Marian Mauzy, Ruby Kay Vozarth, and Jack Fletcher;
2 therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5 his family and friends, the passing of Vergil H. Fletcher; and
6 be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the family of Vergil Fletcher as an expression of
9 our sympathy.