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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Earl |
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| Bryan Kirk of West Frankfort, who passed away on April 28, |
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| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk was born on January 30, 1926 in West |
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| Frankfort; his parents were William and Anna (Wilson) Kirk; he |
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| married Eva Miskowsky on September 11, 1948; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk attended Ezra Grade School, Frankfort |
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| Community High School, Southern Illinois University, and |
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| Lockyear Business College in Evansville, Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk served his country with pride and |
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| distinction as a member of the United States Army during World |
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| War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk worked as a coal miner for 38 years |
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| until his retirement; he worked at Old Ben 15, Freeman 3, 4, |
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| and 5, and Carlsbad Potash Mine; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk was a member of the Southern Illinois |
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| Center for Independent Living (Blind), the Lions Club of West |
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| Frankfort, the Franklin-Williamson Human Services Board, the |
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| Salvation Army board, the WF Pool Community, the American |
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| Legion Post 1961 of Orient, the Illinois Council of the Blind |
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| in Springfield, and the United Mine Workers of America; he was |
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| also crowned Old King Coal in 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk was preceded in death by his parents; |
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| his sister, Daisy Gass; and his brother, Glenn Kirk; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Kirk is survived by his wife, Eva Kirk; his |
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| daughter, Debbie and her husband, Kevin Kinley; his son, George |
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| Kirk; his sisters, Alma Prusaczyk, Margaret Jackson, and Karen |
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| Johnson; his brother, Bill and his wife, Josie Kirk; his |
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| grandsons, Tyson and his wife Melissa Moore, and Kyle Kinley; |
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| his great-granddaughter, Isabel Faith Moore; and his several |
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| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Earl |
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| Bryan Kirk; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Earl Kirk as an expression of our |
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| sympathy.
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