Full Text of HR0219 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Robert | 4 | | "Bob" Covey of Crystal Lake, who passed away on March 5, 2013; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was born on January 21, 1921, in | 7 | | Oshkosh, Wisconsin; his parents were Bessie and David Covey; he | 8 | | married Mary Elizabeth Karlen on June 3, 1943, in Madison, | 9 | | Wisconsin; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a proud member of the United States | 11 | | Navy, where he served in the Pacific during World War II; he | 12 | | attained the rank of lieutenant and served aboard the USS | 13 | | President Adams; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a member of the McHenry County Bar | 15 | | Association; he was a partner in the law firm of Covey, | 16 | | McKinney, and Powers and a partner in the law firm of Covey and | 17 | | Covey; he was also president and chairman of the Board of First | 18 | | Federal Savings and Loan of Crystal Lake, vice president of | 19 | | First Federal of Chicago, and vice president of Citibank; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey served as the president of the Crystal | 21 | | Lake Chamber of Commerce in 1951 and was a chamber member for |
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| 1 | | 63 years; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Crystal Lake Chamber's Business of the Year | 3 | | Award was established in 2003 in Bob Covey's name; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, Bob Covey received the Citizen of the | 5 | | Year Award; in 2009, he received the Crystal Lake Chamber's | 6 | | Carl E. Wehde Award; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was the founding director and president | 8 | | of the Crystal Lake United Way and director and president of | 9 | | the McHenry County United Way; he was also the founding | 10 | | director and president of Crime Stoppers in 1983; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey served on the McHenry County Board from | 12 | | 1985 to 1994 and served as co-chairman of the Crystal Lake All | 13 | | America City Campaign; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a 63-year member of the Crystal Lake | 15 | | Lion's Club, where he served as president from 1964 to 1965; he | 16 | | was the recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellow Award, the | 17 | | Distinguished Service Award, and the Member of the Year Award | 18 | | for 2003-2004; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey served as the Board of Education | 20 | | President for School District 47 in Crystal Lake from 1951 to |
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| 1 | | 1961 and was the Northern Division Committee Chairman of Junior | 2 | | Achievement of Chicago from 1980 to 1981; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a member of the Crystal Lake | 4 | | Jaycees, where he was a recipient of the
Distinguished Service | 5 | | Award; he was a member of the Nunda Masonic Lodge; he was a | 6 | | 32nd Degree Mason and the recipient of the Shriners 50-Year | 7 | | Member Award; he was also a member of Napkin Ring for 40 years; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was honored as the Grand Marshal of the | 10 | | Crystal Lake Gala Fourth of July Parade in 2009; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a 50-year ticket holder for his | 12 | | beloved University of Wisconsin Badgers; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a member of First Congregational | 14 | | Church of Crystal Lake, where he served as chairman of the | 15 | | Board of Directors, chairman of the Governing Board, and taught | 16 | | Sunday School; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was preceded in death by his beloved | 18 | | wife of 61 years, Mary Elizabeth Covey; his parents, David and | 19 | | Bessie Covey; and his brother, Paul Covey; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey is survived by his children, Karlen |
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| 1 | | Covey, Kathleen M. Euler, Carol A. Beard, and Christopher G. | 2 | | Covey; his grandchildren, Kelly Breihan, Heather Sorensen, | 3 | | Donald Donner, Regan Bruski, John Euler, Michael Euler, Celeste | 4 | | Sollenberger, Dwight Beard and Clayton Beard; and his 21 | 5 | | great-grandchildren; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a true gentleman who loved his | 7 | | family, his community, his church, his friends, traveling, and | 8 | | playing bridge; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bob Covey was a community leader and | 10 | | philanthropist who left a priceless legacy for the people of | 11 | | Crystal Lake and McHenry County; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of Bob Covey and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Bob Covey as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy and most sincere appreciation of his community | 20 | | spirit.
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