Full Text of SR1434 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Virgil Max Bennett of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on January 6, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett was born on November 1, 1927 in | 6 | | Mechanicsville, Iowa to Carl T. and Winnifred H. Lenahan | 7 | | Bennett; he married Patricia L. Moortel on January 31, 1953 in | 8 | | Rock Island; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After college, Virgil Bennett served in the United | 10 | | States Army Air Corps; he was later employed at the Rock Island | 11 | | Arsenal for 30 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett was a member of the Black Hawk | 13 | | Shrine Club, Hi-Twelve, the Moline Breakfast Optimist Club, the | 14 | | Royal Order of Jesters, C.R.A.B.S., and a 60-year member of the | 15 | | Lindsay Park Yacht Club; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett enjoyed boating with his family and | 17 | | friends and spending many winters in Arizona; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents and his brother, Robert Bennett; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett is survived by his wife, Patricia; | 2 | | his daughter, Mary Jane (Thomas) Newenham; and his | 3 | | granddaughter, Alexandra Newenham; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 6 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Virgil Max Bennett; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Virgil Bennett as an expression of | 10 | | our sympathy.
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