Full Text of SR0510 94th General Assembly
SR0510 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of John Cotton of Naperville | 4 |
| on Tuesday, October 18, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, John Cotton grew up in Joliet, the ninth of 10 | 6 |
| children; He graduated from Lockport High School in 1976 and, | 7 |
| after working a few years, attended DePaul University, where he | 8 |
| earned his bachelor's degree in accounting; he worked for many | 9 |
| years as an auditor and staff accountant at Continental Bank | 10 |
| and Coopers & Lybrand in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1980, John Cotton married Judy Schutter, the | 12 |
| mother of his son, Joe; they divorced more than a decade later; | 13 |
| he and his wife, Lisa Ann, were married in 2000; Lisa teaches | 14 |
| at Naperville North High School; and
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| WHEREAS, John Cotton received his master's degree and his | 16 |
| teaching certificate from Northern Illinois University; he | 17 |
| began teaching business education at Naperville Central High | 18 |
| School in August 1998; he taught consumer education, applied | 19 |
| mathematics, keyboarding, and Web page design; he also coached | 20 |
| the consumer education LifeSmarts team, guiding them to a State | 21 |
| championship, and started Central's first bowling club; he was | 22 |
| dedicated to his students and wanted to give back to his | 23 |
| community; and
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| WHEREAS, John Cotton was active in the Naperville Community | 25 |
| Unit School District 203 teachers' union, the Naperville Unit | 26 |
| Education Association, where he most recently served as second | 27 |
| vice president and grievance chair; he also was working towards | 28 |
| a second master's degree from North Central College in | 29 |
| Naperville; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, A few years ago, John Cotton embraced his inner |
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| biker and began riding the open roads of western Illinois on | 2 |
| his beloved 100th anniversary Harley-Davidson with his wife and | 3 |
| friends; one of the last trips he took was to his childhood | 4 |
| home in Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Cotton has been deeply felt by | 6 |
| many, especially his wife, Lisa; his son, Joe; his father, | 7 |
| Loren; his brother, Larry; his sisters, Rita Erickson, Carol | 8 |
| Surges, Nancy Sanders, Linda Cave, Melody Ongenae, and Kitty | 9 |
| Storm; and his stepchildren, Justin, Angelica, and Charlie | 10 |
| Biller; and many friends and students; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 |
| John Cotton, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy.
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