Full Text of SR0535 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 Evan Drew Coobs of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on June 24, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Evan Coobs was born in Oelwein, Iowa to Edward W. | 6 | | and Doris A. (Rodenberg) Coobs on November 11, 1963; he | 7 | | graduated from Central High School in Elkader, Iowa in 1982; he | 8 | | earned a degree in accounting from the University of Iowa and | 9 | | then graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in | 10 | | 1989; he married Karen Marie McGann in Peoria on July 4, 1987; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Evan Coobs was a practicing attorney for 30 years; | 13 | | he was a shareholder of the Meyer Capel law firm, where he | 14 | | worked as a business and transactional attorney; prior to | 15 | | joining Meyer Capel in 1996, he was in private practice in | 16 | | Minnesota and an in-house attorney in Champaign; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Evan Coobs believed in the importance of family | 18 | | and was a devoted husband and father; he was always available | 19 | | and willing to help his family and friends; he looked for the | 20 | | humor in people and situations and had a larger-than-life | 21 | | personality; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Evan Coobs is survived by his wife, Karen; his | 2 | | children, Evan Drew (Marie) Coobs II, Abigail Marie (Kale) | 3 | | Brinkoetter, and Katherine Anne (Jacob) Chesnut; his | 4 | | grandchildren, Kayla Jo Coobs and Evan Drew Coobs III; his | 5 | | siblings, Earl Coobs, Donna Strange, Eric Coobs, and Cory | 6 | | Coobs; and many aunts, nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, | 7 | | be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Evan Drew Coobs and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Evan Coobs as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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