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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Joseph "Joe" B. Burns of Rock Island, who 
4passed away on June 10, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Joe Burns was born to Harold and Irene DeJaeger 
6Burns in Moline on March 18, 1941; he graduated from Alleman 
7High School and joined the U.S. Navy in 1961;
he married Sharon 
8McMurray on July 12, 1969; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Joe Burns  worked 18 and a half  years at John Deere 
10Harvester; he retired in 2009 as  co-owner and operator of the 
1114th Avenue Waffle Shop in Rock Island; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Joe Burns belonged to St. Pius X Catholic Church 
13and was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the 
14Garabandal movement;
he was very proud of the replica of Noah's 
15Ark he built in the 1970s; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Joe Burns was preceded in death by his parents and 
17three siblings, Rosemarie Kennedy, Robert Burns, and Patricia 
18Jenning; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Joe Burns is survived by his wife, Sharon Burns; 
20his children, David (Lisa) Burns, Paul (Anna) Burns, Brian 
 
 
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1Burns, Bernadette (Jason) Gustafson, and Anna (Scott) Anders; 
2his five grandchildren; his two step-grandchildren; his two 
3step-great-grandchildren; his siblings, Ruth Kelley, Father 
4John Burns, Teresa Huyten, and Cynthia Jasper; his close 
5cousin, MaryAnn Hanavan; and his numerous nieces and nephews; 
6therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

9Joseph "Joe" B. Burns and extend our sincere
condolences to his 
10family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it 
11further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

13presented to the family of Joe Burns as an expression of
our 
14deepest sympathy.