Full Text of SR1303 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Robert Eugene "Bob" Poe of Milan, who | 4 | | passed away on November 10, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Poe was born in Kokomo, Indiana on August 3, | 6 | | 1947, and he was adopted shortly after by Homer and Juanita | 7 | | Poe; he graduated from Connersville High School in | 8 | | Connersville, Indiana in 1965; he joined the U.S. Air Force at | 9 | | age 17, where he served in Vietnam and later worked as a | 10 | | special agent for the Air Force Office of Special | 11 | | Investigations; he graduated from Black Hills State University | 12 | | in 1984; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Bob Poe served as the director of several | 14 | | national cemeteries under the U.S. Department of Veterans | 15 | | Affairs, including the Black Hills National Cemetery in South | 16 | | Dakota, Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska, Fort | 17 | | Custer National Cemetery in Michigan, and the Rock Island | 18 | | National Cemetery in Illinois; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Bob Poe served his community as a member of many | 20 | | organizations; under the Free Masons, he served as a master | 21 | | mason and as grand master in multiple locations for many | 22 | | years; he was also a member of the Shriners, York Rite, |
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| 1 | | Scottish Rite, and Lions Club; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Bob Poe was preceded in death by his parents and | 3 | | his previous wife, Teresa Jones Poe; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Bob Poe is survived by his wife, Gail Ann; his | 5 | | children, Robert Poe, Aaron Poe, and Rebecca (John) Dorsey; | 6 | | his grandchildren, AJ, Tylor, Monique, Anthony, Michael, and | 7 | | Aiden; his great-grandchildren, Liam and Lucas; his sisters, | 8 | | Pamela (Billy) Reece, Lisa Koohns, and Beth (Jim) Croucher; | 9 | | and his half-brother, Richard (Barbara) Rider; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 13 | | Robert Eugene "Bob" Poe and extend our sincere
condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 17 | | presented to the family of Bob Poe as an expression of
our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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