Full Text of SR0610 98th 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 Patrick Allen Parsons of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on October 9, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons was born on July 12, 1949 in | 6 | | Springfield, Missouri; his parents were Kenneth and Erma (nee | 7 | | Hicks) Parsons; he married Linda Potts on January 17, 1970 in | 8 | | Springfield, Missouri; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons grew up on a farm outside | 10 | | Marshfield, Missouri; he graduated in 1971 from Southwest | 11 | | Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri and earned | 12 | | his Master of Business Administration from the University of | 13 | | Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1976; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons served his country with pride as a | 15 | | member of the United States Army from 1971 to 1974; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons served as the Human Resources | 17 | | Director for the City of Peoria; he served as an arbitrator for | 18 | | the Better Business Bureau of Central Illinois for 15 years; he | 19 | | also served as Executive Director of Illinois Central College | 20 | | for 5 years and as an adjunct instructor at Robert Morris | 21 | | College; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons was an active member and officer | 2 | | of the International Public Management Association for Human | 3 | | Resources for 21 years; he earned certification as a Senior | 4 | | Professional in Human Resources and was awarded the Barbara | 5 | | Sundquist Distinguished Service Award and the Carl K. Wettengel | 6 | | Achievement Award for his work; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons was an active member of St. | 8 | | Vincent de Paul Catholic Church; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents and his brother, Montie "Michael" Parsons; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Patrick Parsons is survived by his wife, Linda; | 12 | | his children, Brian (Carol) Parsons, Ben Parsons, and Brigitta | 13 | | (Nathan) Enderle; his grandchildren, Aidan, Declan, Kian, and | 14 | | Keira Parsons, Kennedy Parsons, and Julia Enderle; and his | 15 | | siblings, Judy (Ed) Mahoney, Edie (Larry) Herman, Cathie | 16 | | (Walter) Oberbeck, Steve (Jennifer) Parsons, David (Kate) | 17 | | Parsons, Chris (Lisa) Parsons, Rachel (Dan) Young, and Joe | 18 | | (Linda) Parsons; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 21 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Patrick Allen Parsons; |
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| 1 | | and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Patrick Parsons as an expression of | 4 | | our sympathy.
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