Full Text of SR0459 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Leon J. Corkery of Moline, who passed | 4 | | away on August 2, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leon Corkery was born to Charles (J.C.) and | 6 | | Margaret (Staebell) Corkery in Fairbank, Iowa on August 5, | 7 | | 1923; he served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946 with the | 8 | | 1636th Engineering Construction Battalion in France, Germany, | 9 | | the Philippines, and Japan; he married Ruth Dingman in Fort | 10 | | Madison, Iowa on September 25, 1949; he attended Iowa State | 11 | | University on the G.I. Bill and graduated as an agricultural | 12 | | engineer in 1950; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, Leon Corkery joined John Deere | 14 | | Harvester Works in East Moline where he was employed as an | 15 | | engineer until his retirement in 1984; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Leon Corkery was preceded in death by wife; his | 17 | | son, David Corkery; and his nine brothers; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Leon Corkery is survived by his four sons; | 19 | | Patrick (Margaret) Corkery, John (Dara) Corkery, Joseph | 20 | | (Margaret Lukens) Corkery, and Daniel (Victoria "Tori") | 21 | | Corkery; his daughter-in-law, Cynthia Corkery; his six |
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| 1 | | grandchildren; his three step-grandchildren; his two | 2 | | great-granddaughters; and his three sisters; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Leon J. Corkery and extend our sincere condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Leon Corkery as an expression of our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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