Full Text of SR0766 96th General Assembly
SR0766 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Philip D. Garrett of Gillespie, who | 4 |
| passed away on April 11, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Philip D. Garrett was born January 10, 1926, in | 6 |
| Haydock, Iowa, the son of Carl F. Garrett and Nettie (Farley) | 7 |
| Garrett; he married Rosalie (Valerio) Garrett on March 10, | 8 |
| 1962, in Benld; and
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| WHEREAS, He retired from teaching grade school in | 10 |
| Gillespie, high school in Bunker Hill, and as a guidance | 11 |
| counselor from Bunker Hill; he was also a principal at Bunker | 12 |
| Hil; in addition, he was a school evaluation specialist for the | 13 |
| State of Illinois and later for the Regional Office of | 14 |
| Education; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a World War II veteran, serving as sonarman | 16 |
| aboard the Walter B. Cobb; he was a former treasurer of the | 17 |
| city of Gillespie, a member of the VFW Post 4547 of Gillespie, | 18 |
| and an avid sports fan; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Philip Garrett is survived by his wife, Rosalie; |
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| his three daughters, Jennifer Garrett, Patricia Garrett, and | 2 |
| Theresa Beebe; his two grandchildren, Raymond J. Beebe and | 3 |
| Jessica Rose Hammon; his two great-grandchildren, Ashlyn Beebe | 4 |
| and Josephine Beebe; and his sister, Mary Ellen Mitchell; | 5 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Philip Garrett; and be | 9 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Philip Garrett as a symbol of our | 12 |
| sincere sympathy.
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