Full Text of HR1426 95th General Assembly
HR1426 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joey | 4 |
| "Joe" Marks of Sullivan, who passed away June 17, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe Marks was born March 12, 1956 in Man, West | 6 |
| Virginia; he was a son of Jack Maurice and Ada Vernette | 7 |
| (Parsons) Marks; he married Glenda Simmering on June 20, 1981 | 8 |
| in Sunnyland; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe graduated from Rantoul Township High School in | 10 |
| 1974; he attended Parkland College and transferred to Eastern | 11 |
| Illinois University, graduating in 1979 with a B.S. in | 12 |
| Education; his teaching and coaching career at Arcola began | 13 |
| when he took over as junior high science teacher; his teaching | 14 |
| career spanned junior high and high school sciences, and | 15 |
| technology director; he continued his education, receiving his | 16 |
| Master's Degree in Education Administration; and
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| WHEREAS, Joe was the head football coach at Arcola; Joe | 18 |
| left Arcola in 2004 to become the Principal of Sullivan Middle | 19 |
| School; he was also working towards his Superintendent's | 20 |
| Certificate; and
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| WHEREAS, In his free time, Joe enjoyed his family, bow |
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| hunting, and fly fishing, often combining the three by taking | 2 |
| his family on sporting vacations to Bennett Springs, Missouri; | 3 |
| Joe always encouraged his children's sports careers, often | 4 |
| giving them "coaching" advice at home after games; Joe was a | 5 |
| member of the Walnut Grove Christian Church, the Illinois | 6 |
| Principals Association, and was a charter member of the World | 7 |
| Famous Arcola Lawn Rangers; and
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| WHEREAS, Joey Marks is survived by his wife, Glenda Marks; | 9 |
| his son, Jordan Michael Marks; his daughter, Jessie Schrock and | 10 |
| her husband Nathan; his granddaughter, Julia Ruby-Kay Schrock; | 11 |
| and his two brothers, Jack Marks and his wife Dawn, and Jamie | 12 |
| Marks and his wife Wendy; his parents preceded him in death; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Joey | 17 |
| "Joe" Marks; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Joey Marks as a symbol of our | 20 |
| sincere sympathy.
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