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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of the Rev. Joseph Marquis Wilcox, who |
4 | | passed away on October 18, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Wilcox was born in Mansfield, Ohio on |
6 | | September 23, 1923 to J. Dale and Edith (nee House) Wilcox; he |
7 | | graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1941 and from |
8 | | Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in December of |
9 | | 1945, with a major in philosophy; he married Emily Rees Marsh |
10 | | on May 4, 1946, and he received his Bachelor of Divinity from |
11 | | the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology in Oberlin, |
12 | | Ohio in 1949; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from seminary, Rev. Wilcox |
14 | | served as youth pastor at Walnut Hills Christian Church in |
15 | | Cincinnati, Ohio; he moved to First Christian Church in |
16 | | Bellaire, Ohio in 1952, to Parma Christian Church in Parma, |
17 | | Ohio in 1955, and then to First Christian Church in Waukegan, |
18 | | where he served as pastor for 12 years; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Wilcox was an active member of the Chicago |
20 | | Area Disciple's regional fellowship; in 1975, he received his |
21 | | Chaplain's Certificate and became the chaplain at Westlake |
22 | | Hospital in Melrose Park, where he served for 12 and a half |