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SENATE RESOLUTION

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5traveler, an unpublished novelist, a bicyclist, an activist, 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