Full Text of SR0080 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 Martin J. Vota of Taylorville, who passed | 4 | | away on January 8, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Martin Vota was born in Cedar Point on June 12, | 6 | | 1917 to Martin and Katherine (nee Pasqueno) Vota; he and his | 7 | | family moved to Jeisyville and eventually Langleyville; he | 8 | | graduated from Taylorville Township High School in 1934 and | 9 | | joined the Civilian Conservation Corps shortly thereafter; | 10 | | during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army Air | 11 | | Corps; while in the service, he taught mechanics at Chaunte Air | 12 | | Force Base near Rantoul; he joined the Flying Cadets out of | 13 | | Sikeston, Missouri and served in the European Theater in the | 14 | | later part of the war; he married Dorothy Spisak on May 30, | 15 | | 1953 at Holy Rosary Church in Chicago; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After returning to the United States, Martin Vota | 17 | | went to the American Television School in Chicago for | 18 | | television engineering; he and Dorothy moved to Decatur and | 19 | | opened Decatur Television Engineers when WAND-TV began | 20 | | broadcasting; in 1966, he and his family moved to Taylorville | 21 | | to sell and repair televisions; he and Dorothy owned and | 22 | | operated Vota TV and Appliances until their retirement in 1989; | 23 | | in his retirement, he enjoyed chronicling his family's |
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| 1 | | genealogy, emailing extended family in France and Italy, mowing | 2 | | his yard, working outdoors, and spending time with his loved | 3 | | ones; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Martin Vota was preceded in death by his parents; | 5 | | his brother, Joe Vota; and his sister, Lucy Zarr; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Martin Vota is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his | 7 | | children, Cathy (Marty) Arnold, Martin (Deanna) Vota, Cindy | 8 | | Drea, Lori Ward, and Robin Vota; his grandchildren, Matthew and | 9 | | Katie Arnold, Heidi and Haylen Vota, Andrew and Bridget Drea, | 10 | | and Arika and Keegan Ward; his nephews, Dennis (Carol) Zarr and | 11 | | Richard (Sue) Zarr; and several other nieces, nephews, and | 12 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Martin J. Vota, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Martin Vota as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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