Full Text of SR0829 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Joseph Mortier of Moline, who passed away | 4 | | on July 25, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was born on March 3, 1925 in | 6 | | Moline; his parents were Oscar and Emily (nee Mestdagt) | 7 | | Mortier; he married Patricia Runge Wilson on April 19, 1947 at | 8 | | Sacred Heart Church in Moline; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was inducted into the United States | 10 | | Navy in June of 1943; he served on the USS Quincy, where | 11 | | Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met Joseph Stalin | 12 | | for the signing of the Yalta Treaty; his campaigns included the | 13 | | European-African Middle Eastern Campaign, Occupational | 14 | | Services in Japan, where he was docked in Tokyo Bay when the | 15 | | surrender papers were signed, and the Atlantic and Pacific | 16 | | Campaigns; his ship was the first to fire at the beaches at | 17 | | Normandy on D-Day; he was honorably discharged from the service | 18 | | in March of 1946; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier graduated from Moline High School; | 20 | | after his discharge from the military, he attended DeVry | 21 | | Technical School in Chicago; he later attended Moline Community | 22 | | College and graduated from Western Illinois University in |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was employed as a teacher at John | 3 | | Deere Junior High for 32 years and later worked at Moline High | 4 | | School; he also held a journeyman's card in printing; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was a member of Sacred Heart Church | 6 | | in Moline, the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, the Milan | 7 | | Rifle Club, and the Scott County Sportsman's Gun Club, where he | 8 | | was the State Champion Skeet Shooter in 1983; he was also an | 9 | | instructor for 55 Alive and founded the Moline Archery Club at | 10 | | Moline Community College; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was preceded in death by his | 12 | | parents; a brother, Walter Mortier; and 3 children, John | 13 | | Michael, Christopher Paul, and Marcia Dawn Mortier; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier is survived by his wife, Pat; 2 | 15 | | children, Mark Joseph Mortier and Melanie Beth (Scott) | 16 | | Verstraete; 7 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 20 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Joseph Mortier; and be | 21 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Joseph Mortier as an expression of | 3 | | our sympathy.
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