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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Marvin Thomas Everett of Peoria, who |
4 | | passed away on July 23, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Everett was born on December 4, 1929; his |
6 | | parents were Earl W. and Margaret F. (Peplow) Everett; he |
7 | | married Phyllis Jean Ricks on January 7, 1950; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Everett retired from Caterpillar after 38 |
9 | | years of dedicated service; he subsequently spent most of his |
10 | | retired life serving his community; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Everett was a proud member of United Auto |
12 | | Workers Local 974, where he served as a chief steward and |
13 | | skilled trades chairman; he served as a volunteer firefighter |
14 | | for Richwoods Township for 13 years, achieving the rank of |
15 | | assistant fire chief, and served as a volunteer firefighter at |
16 | | the Caterpillar Tech Center for 23 years; he was also a |
17 | | founding member of Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April |
18 | | in Peoria in 1994; and |
19 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Everett was the recipient of numerous |
20 | | awards and honors, including the President's Call to Service |
21 | | Award in 2006, the Ray A. Neuman Award as Tri-County Citizen of |
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1 | | the Year in 2010, the Christmas in April Hearts and Hammer |
2 | | Award in 1996, and the Eugene G. Moore Award for Community |
3 | | Service in 2002; he was also honored to be the grand marshal of |
4 | | the Peoria Labor Day Parade in 2011; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Everett was preceded in death by his |
6 | | brothers, John Everett, Sr. and Thomas Everett, and his |
7 | | sisters, Shirley Maston, Margaret Wallman, and Geraldine |
8 | | Silverman; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Everett is survived by his wife, Phyllis; |
10 | | his children, Barbara Jean (Robert) Knock, Michael Thomas |
11 | | (Ginny) Everett, Karen Joyce Everett, James Arthur (Maura) |
12 | | Everett, and Teresa Ann (Tim) Schierer; his brothers and |
13 | | sisters, Phyllis C. (Ronald) Veiria, Valorie J. Everett, |
14 | | Earlene (Raymond) Martens, Mary K. Powers, Betty L. (Robert) |
15 | | Bohm, William (Ruby) Everett, and Robert (Nancy) Everett; his |
16 | | grandchildren, Teresa (Phillip) Portillo, Eric Knock, Michael |
17 | | (Laura) Everett, Jennifer Everett, Christopher (Erin) Everett, |
18 | | Lacey (Matt) Everett, and Kelli (Andrew) Phelps; and his |
19 | | great-grandchildren, Nicole Portillo, Antonio Portillo, Erika |
20 | | Knock, Morgan McClallen, Mariah McClallen, and Rilee Everett; |
21 | | therefore, be it
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22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |