Full Text of SR0575 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 Marvin E. Perzee of Ashkum, who passed | 4 | | away on July 17, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Perzee was born in Watseka to Nellie | 6 | | (Koets) Perzee on October 9, 1942; he served in the Army | 7 | | Reserves from 1963 until 1969; he married Sharon K. Durst in | 8 | | Danville on September 21, 1979; he and his wife were well known | 9 | | throughout the state for their efforts to promote county fairs, | 10 | | 4-H, and agriculture; he was a fixture of the Iroquois County | 11 | | Fair for more than 50 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Perzee was a member of many professional | 13 | | organizations, where he often served in leadership roles, | 14 | | including the Elks Club, the Moose Club, the American Hampshire | 15 | | Sheep Association, the Farm Bureau, the Iroquois County | 16 | | Extension Youth Council, the Legislative Committee for the | 17 | | Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs, the Department of | 18 | | Agricultural Advisory Board, the Advisory Board for the | 19 | | Division of Fairs and Horse Racing, the Illinois Association of | 20 | | Agricultural Fairs - Northern District, the State Fair Advisory | 21 | | Board, and the Carnival Safety Board; he was appointed to | 22 | | Attorney General Jim Ryan's Advisory Board; he served on the | 23 | | Board of Directors of the Iroquois County Agricultural and 4-H |
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| 1 | | Fairs Association, as Vice Chairman of the American National | 2 | | Red Cross Fund Campaign, and as an Iroquois County Republican | 3 | | Precinct Committeeman for 29 years and Chairman for 14 years; | 4 | | he was the leader of the Ashkum Chargers 4-H Club; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Perzee received many honors and awards, | 6 | | including the Outstanding Young Farmer Award from the Illinois | 7 | | Jaycees, the Iroquois County Extension Council Alumni Award for | 8 | | distinguished service, the Fairman of the Year Award from the | 9 | | Department of Agriculture, the Master Farmer Award from Prairie | 10 | | Farmer, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Watseka Times | 11 | | Republic, and the Farm Family of the Year Award from the | 12 | | Kankakee Daily Journal; he was inducted into the University of | 13 | | Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Perzee was preceded in death by his mother; | 15 | | his brother, Wendell Perzee; his daughter, Karen Cox; his | 16 | | grandson, Zachary Rabideau; and his niece, Alana Perzee; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Perzee is survived by his wife, Sharon; his | 18 | | brothers, Merle Perzee and Wayne (Cheryl) Perzee; his daughter, | 19 | | Kim (Robert) Rabideau; his son-in-law, Kevin Cox; his | 20 | | grandchildren, Quentin (Christy) Rabideau, Alex and Sean | 21 | | Rabideau, Jeremy Giles, Cory (Marisa) Giles, and Noah, | 22 | | Annalise, and Conner Cox; his great-grandchildren, Camden and | 23 | | Grayson Rabideau, Amina, North, and Ani Rabideau, and Cillian |
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| 1 | | Giles; and his niece and nephews, Chrissy (Kevin) Marose and | 2 | | Aaron Perzee; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Marvin E. Perzee 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 Marvin Perzee as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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