Full Text of SR1042 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Paul DesCoteaux of Geneva, | 4 | | who passed away on December 5, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul DesCoteaux was born on December 7, 1928, to | 6 | | William and Aldea (nee Soucy) DesCoteaux in Lowell, | 7 | | Massachusetts; he graduated from Lowell Technical Institute | 8 | | (University of Massachusetts) as a textile engineer; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Paul DesCoteaux worked for the Sun Oil Company, | 10 | | Standard Oil of Indiana (BP Amoco), and the Lebanon Seaboard | 11 | | Corporation; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Paul DesCoteaux was a lifelong learner; he | 13 | | volunteered for Fox Valley Literacy, was the founder of the | 14 | | Franklin Award and Scholarship for Science Education, and | 15 | | served on the board of directors of the Fermilab Friends for | 16 | | Science Education; he was co-founder of Geneva Learners, a | 17 | | weekly study group focused on world affairs; he helped organize | 18 | | the Fox Valley chapter of the Socrates Cafe, a global network | 19 | | of independent groups that meet to keep philosophical thinking | 20 | | alive; he was founder of the Geneva Beautification Committee; | 21 | | and he served as an alderman in Geneva for 21 years and as its | 22 | | interim mayor in 1996; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Paul DesCoteaux was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents, William and Aldea DesCoteaux; his brother, Albert; and | 3 | | his granddaughters, Josephine and Margaret; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Paul DesCoteaux is survived by his wife of 60 | 5 | | years, Terry; his children, Denise (David) Fauntleroy, Paul | 6 | | (Kerith) DesCoteaux, Andrea DesCoteaux, David (Beverly) | 7 | | DesCoteaux, and Aimee (Daniel) Rogowski; his grandchildren, | 8 | | Patrick, Andrew, Reinier, Emily, and Eleanor; his nieces and | 9 | | nephews, Diane Peters, Nancy DiRocco (Peter), Gail DesCoteaux, | 10 | | David (Annette) DesCoteaux, and Steven DesCoteaux; therefore, | 11 | | be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Paul DesCoteaux, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Paul DesCoteaux as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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