Full Text of SR1245 99th 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 Dennis DeToye; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye taught for over 35 years; he spent | 5 | | his entire teaching career as an art teacher and Art Department | 6 | | Chair at Edwardsville High School; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Dennis DeToye would spend | 8 | | several hours a day, often long into the night, working on | 9 | | large-scale portraits; his paintings have hung in several | 10 | | galleries in the St. Louis region; he purchased close to 100 | 11 | | pieces of student artwork, which he later donated back to | 12 | | Edwardsville High School; he and his wife filled their home | 13 | | with his work and the work of other local and regional artists; | 14 | | he was proud of the part he played in finding a home for the | 15 | | Edwardsville Art Center in Edwardsville High School and was | 16 | | humbled when the student gallery at the Center was named in his | 17 | | honor; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye served as Mayor of Edwardsville; he | 19 | | had a positive impact on the growth and development of | 20 | | Edwardsville and was especially proud that his name is on the | 21 | | plaque dedicating the new wing of the Edwardsville Public | 22 | | Library; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye loved ESIC Baptist Church and served | 2 | | as deacon and trustee there for years; at various times in his | 3 | | life, he was also an airplane pilot, a football coach, a | 4 | | community theater performer, a Student Council Advisor, a world | 5 | | traveler, an unpublished novelist, a bicyclist, an activist, | 6 | | and a best friend; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye was the best husband and best friend | 8 | | to his wife, Lela; he was a devoted and loving father to his | 9 | | daughters, Anne and Kate; he was a role model for his | 10 | | sons-in-law, Cody Moore and Zac Friederich; he was a proud and | 11 | | doting grandfather for Emma and Joey Moore and Olive | 12 | | Friederich; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Dennis DeToye, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Dennis DeToye as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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