Full Text of SR1357 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 Joseph M. "Joe" Vinzant of East | 4 | | Moline, who passed away on December 5, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe Vinzant was born to Cecil and Grace (Moore) | 6 | | Vinzant in Lineville, Iowa on July 3, 1936; he moved to Silvis | 7 | | at the age of two, where he lived until graduating from United | 8 | | Township High School in 1954; he enlisted in the U.S. Army in | 9 | | 1955 and was stationed in Japan at Tokyo Army Hospital until he | 10 | | was discharged in 1958; after serving his country, he attended | 11 | | Eastern Illinois University; he married Olive Fitch in 1962; | 12 | | later, he married Barbara Driscoll-Hall in Rock Island on | 13 | | March 22, 1974; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joe Vinzant was the credit manager at Lutheran | 15 | | Hospital until 1989; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Joe Vinzant's biggest passion in life was playing | 17 | | tennis in high school and at Eastern Illinois University; he | 18 | | continued to play tennis well into his 70s; among his many | 19 | | accolades, he was top ranked in the state of Iowa for numerous | 20 | | years and achieved a #4 national ranking in 1996 with his son, | 21 | | Chad; he was elected to the Iowa Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001; | 22 | | however, more impressive than his accomplishments on the court |
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| 1 | | were the many wonderful lifelong relationships he built with | 2 | | multiple generations of avid tennis players across the | 3 | | community; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Joe Vinzant is survived by his sons, Scott (Amy) | 5 | | and Chad (Amy) Vinzant; his stepdaughters, Lori (Dan) Poker | 6 | | and Sheri (Patrick) Stohl; and his grandchildren, Anna, Sarah, | 7 | | and Grace Vinzant, Heidi (Austin) Hopkins, and Allen (Erin | 8 | | Gholson) Seabloom; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Joseph M. "Joe" Vinzant and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Joe Vinzant as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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