Full Text of HR0219 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Virgil H. | 4 | | Motsinger of Harrisburg, who passed away on March 2, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born February 21, 1933, in Crab Orchard to | 6 | | the late Virgil "Copper" and Irene (LaMaster) Motsinger; on | 7 | | June 5, 1955, he married his college sweetheart, Mata Hester, | 8 | | at First United Methodist Church in Shattuc; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was an active member of the First United | 10 | | Methodist Church in Harrisburg, where he taught Sunday school | 11 | | for the past 40 years; he was a member of the Methodist Men, | 12 | | the Harrisburg Rotary, the Southeastern Illinois College | 13 | | Foundation, and served on the board at Mid Country Bank; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, He grew up in Crab Orchard and graduated from Crab | 15 | | Orchard High School in 1951; he attended McKendree College from | 16 | | 1951 to 1955 and was a member of the varsity basketball and | 17 | | track team all four years; while attending McKendree he met his | 18 | | future wife, Mata; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Marine Corps from | 20 | | 1954 to 1957 and received a Master's degree in health and | 21 | | physical education from Indiana University; for 35 years he |
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| 1 | | served as coach, athletic director, and health and physical | 2 | | education teacher at Southeastern Illinois College in | 3 | | Harrisburg; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, He was a coaching legend in Southern Illinois; he | 5 | | was the basketball coach at Woodlawn High School from 1956 to | 6 | | 1961; he was the basketball coach and for several years the | 7 | | baseball coach at Southeastern Illinois College; he had a | 8 | | career coaching record of 679 wins, 383 losses; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, During the 1997-98 season, he served as an | 10 | | assistant to Rich Herrin at Southern Illinois University in | 11 | | Carbondale; he coached fifth and sixth grade basketball in | 12 | | Harrisburg from 1998 to 2000; he was a member of the Illinois | 13 | | Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the National | 14 | | Junior College Basketball Hall of Fame, the McKendree College | 15 | | Hall of Fame, and the Southeastern Illinois College Athletic | 16 | | Hall of Fame; in 2006, C Building at Southeastern Illinois | 17 | | College was named the Virgil Motsinger Athletic Complex and in | 18 | | 2011, he received the Crab Orchard High School Distinguished | 19 | | Alumni Award; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Motsinger is survived by his wife, Mata | 21 | | Motsinger, with whom he was married for 56 years; his sons, | 22 | | Mark and his wife, Suzanne Motsinger, and Mike and his wife, | 23 | | Melonie Motsinger; his daughter, Amy and her husband, Garrick |
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| 1 | | Simpson; his loving grandchildren, Adam and his wife, Mariah | 2 | | Dennison, Caleb and Gabriel Motsinger, Masen, Marcella, and | 3 | | McCartney Motsinger, and Abigail Simpson; and his | 4 | | great-grandchildren, Chloe and Ella Dennison; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 8 | | Virgil Motsinger; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Virgil Motsinger as a symbol of our | 11 | | sincere sympathy.
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