Full Text of HR1076 96th General Assembly
HR1076 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| "Doc" Martin of Bethany, who passed away on February 14, 2010; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Freeman Martin was born April 27, 1923, in | 7 |
| Fredericksburg, Indiana; he was the son of James S. and Myrtle | 8 |
| Eaton Martin; he married Alice A. Fifer on November 20, 1942 in | 9 |
| New Albany, Indiana; he was a resident of Bethany since 1948; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Freeman Martin worked at Punch Brown Garage and | 12 |
| ran the gas truck in Bethany for 40 years; he served as the | 13 |
| Marrowbone Township Cemetery Superintendent for 22 years and | 14 |
| was actively involved with the daily maintenance of the | 15 |
| cemetery; he served as the Assistant Fire Chief for the Bethany | 16 |
| Fire Department from 1956 to 1972; he served on the Bethany | 17 |
| Village Board from 1955 to 1959; and
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| WHEREAS, Freeman Martin was a member of the Cumberland | 19 |
| Presbyterian Church in Bethany; and
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| WHEREAS, Freeman Martin was preceded in death by his | 21 |
| parents; his 5 brothers and an infant brother; his sister; and |
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| his grandson-in-law, David Elzy; and
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| WHEREAS, Freeman Martin is survived by his wife, Alice; his | 3 |
| sons, Don Martin (Mary), Dick Martin (Robbie), Punch Martin | 4 |
| (Cheryl); his daughter, Donna Sue Fowler (Mike); his special | 5 |
| sister, Virginia Miller; his grandchildren, Scott Martin, Sean | 6 |
| Martin, Tara Mitchell, Shelly Freeman, Beth White, Jodi Elzy, | 7 |
| Shane Martin, Jason Fowler, and Nikki Wickline; and his 15 | 8 |
| great-grandchildren; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Freeman Martin will be remembered by all who knew | 10 |
| and loved him for always thinking of others, including through | 11 |
| his frequent visits to nursing homes and hospitals and his | 12 |
| numerous phone calls; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 16 |
| Freeman "Doc" Martin; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Freeman Martin as an expression of | 19 |
| our sympathy.
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