Full Text of SR0610 103rd 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 Gary E. Cooper Sr. of Aledo, who | 4 | | passed away on November 6, 2023; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Gary Cooper was born in Moline to Clair and Mary | 6 | | Bonynge Cooper on November 30, 1932; he graduated from Aledo | 7 | | High School in 1950; he served in the United States Army and | 8 | | was stationed in Germany; he married Leota Bogart at the | 9 | | Presbyterian Church in Millersburg on June 1, 1958; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Gary Cooper worked at Olsen Lumber Yard in Aledo, | 11 | | the Brickyard in Shell City, the Taylor Ridge Elevator, and | 12 | | Farmers Grain and Coal in Aledo, where he retired after 27 | 13 | | years; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Gary Cooper was a charter member at the New Life | 15 | | Assembly of God Church, where he served in many capacities; he | 16 | | was also a member of the Mercer County Farm Bureau; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Gary Cooper enjoyed gardening, doing yard work, | 18 | | latch hooking, jigsaw puzzles, word searches, and spoiling his | 19 | | grandkids; he also loved going to his son's dairy farm in | 20 | | Wisconsin; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Gary Cooper was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 | | his great-granddaughter, Terra Alexander; his son-in-law, | 3 | | Michael Bertelsen; his mother and father-in-law, Cecil and | 4 | | Helen Bogart; and his brothers-in-law, Keith and David Bogart; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Gary Cooper is survived by his wife, Leota; his | 7 | | son, Gary E. (Julie) Cooper Jr.; his daughter, Karen | 8 | | Bertelsen; his grandchildren, Brooke Cooper, Morgan Cooper, | 9 | | Dale (Amanda) Biddle, Cheryl Baker, Michelle (Adam) Carle, and | 10 | | Sarah Gilmour; his step-grandchildren, Derek (Nelson | 11 | | Capetillo) Bertelsen and Jackie (Kyle) Leng; his | 12 | | great-grandchildren, Alexandra, Dillon, Payton, Kourtney, Eve, | 13 | | Tyler, Bella, Mary, Maria, and Lucy; his | 14 | | step-great-grandchild, Lynnux; his brothers-in-law, Wilbur | 15 | | (Charlotte) Bogart and James (Linda) Bogart; his | 16 | | sister-in-law, Elouise Larson; and many nieces and nephews; | 17 | | therefore, be it | 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Gary E. Cooper Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to his | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further | 23 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Gary Cooper as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.. |
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