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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Deacon John Edward Coates, who passed |
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| away on April 2, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, John Coates was born on April 9, 1929, in East St. |
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| Louis; his parents were the Reverend Peter R. Coates and |
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| Henrietta B. (Strong) Coates; he married Betty Mae Brown on |
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| January 28, 1956, in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, John Coates earned his bachelor's degree from |
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| Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and later studied |
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| theology at the Aquinas Institute of Theology; and
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| WHEREAS, John Coates was the owner of various businesses |
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| throughout his lifetime, but always came back to education; he |
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| retired after many years as a teacher with East Saint Louis |
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| District 189; and
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| WHEREAS, John Coates was the son of a Baptist minister, but |
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| converted to Catholicism at an early age; as his faith |
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| strengthened, he decided to become a Franciscan monk; despite |
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| leaving the Franciscan order, he remained a dedicated Catholic |
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| throughout his life; on April 14, 1994, he was ordained as a |
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| Deacon in the Diocese of Belleville by Bishop Wilton Gregory; |
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| he entered into formation to become a Carmelite on December 17, |
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| 1989 and made his Definitive Promise on November 20, 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, John Coates was preceded in death by his parents |
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| and his siblings, Lawrence H. Coates, Jewel C. Coates, Aubrey |
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| L. Coates, Helen B. Coates, and Peter R. Coates, Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, John Coates is survived by his devoted wife, Betty |
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| Coates; his daughters, Virginia Coates, Tency (Robert) Hodges, |
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| Alexis (Willie) Sanders, and Bernetta (Wayne) Gully; his |
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| sister, Edith (Robert) Blackburn; his brother, James (Zennie) |
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| Coates; his beloved grandchildren, Danielle Favron, |
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| Nicole-Noelle Favron, John-Thomas Favron, Robert-Edward |
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| Favron, Alexis Watson, Alexander Watson, Jessica Sanders, |
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| David Sanders, Bettina Gully, Wayne Gully, and Angelicia Gully; |
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| his great-grandchildren, Tyrese Peoples and Queen Bell; and his |
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| many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Deacon John Edward |
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| Coates; 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 John Coates as an expression of our |
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| sympathy.
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