Full Text of SR0729 101st 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 Dennis Keith Matthews of Nokomis, who | 4 | | passed away on October 17, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Matthews was born during the Great | 6 | | Depression on January 13, 1935 in rural Fillmore to Lonnie I. | 7 | | and Opal R. (Funderburk) Matthews; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, During the 1950s, Dennis Matthews worked for a | 9 | | variety of neighboring farmers and with his dad on the family | 10 | | farm; he took a job at Allis Chalmers in Springfield and | 11 | | married Joyce A. Volk on December 1, 1957; they made rural | 12 | | Nokomis their home for 61 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, During the 1960s, Dennis Matthews continued | 14 | | working at Allis Chalmers and farming; farming became full time | 15 | | for him in the early 1970s with the addition of a swine | 16 | | operation; his son Daniel began farming alongside him in the | 17 | | 1980s; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Matthews was active in the community with | 19 | | 4-H, the Nokomis School Board, the Nokomis School Booster Club, | 20 | | the local grain elevator board, the Nokomis Lions Club, the | 21 | | Masons, the Shriners, the MJM Rural Electric board, and Meals |
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| 1 | | on Wheels; he was elected Nokomis Township Supervisor; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Matthews was a strong person and a giving | 3 | | human being; he was funny, mischievous, and hardworking and | 4 | | expected everyone who worked with him to have a dedicated work | 5 | | ethic; most of all, he loved his family and friends; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Matthews was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Matthews is survived by his wife, Joyce; | 9 | | his brother, Darwin D. (Brenda J.) Matthews; his children, | 10 | | Daniel Keith (Sydney Risser) Matthews and Dorothy Kay (John) | 11 | | Padgett; his grandchildren, Jessica (Adam) Avera, Wesley | 12 | | (Jenna) Matthews, Donald Padgett, and Keith Padgett; his | 13 | | great-grandchildren, Sophie Stombaugh, Karter Kirkendoll, and | 14 | | Maddox Matthews; numerous nieces and nephews; and many special | 15 | | friends who are like family; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Dennis Keith Matthews and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Dennis Matthews as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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