Full Text of SR0847 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 William C. "Corky" Robertson of Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on November 14, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson was born in Peoria to Alfred J. | 6 | | and Clarissa (Coyte) Robertson on August 6, 1931; he played | 7 | | varsity baseball at Peoria High School for four years and | 8 | | football for three and was co-captain in both football and | 9 | | baseball his senior year; he was All-City guard his sophomore | 10 | | year and All-City/Greater Peoria as a tackle his junior and | 11 | | senior years; during his senior year, he was named All-State by | 12 | | both the Chicago Daily News and the Champaign News-Gazette; at | 13 | | Bradley University, he started as offensive center on the | 14 | | football team for three years and as catcher/1st baseman on the | 15 | | baseball team for three years; he married Dolores A. Frels at | 16 | | St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Peoria on December 1, 1951; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson served in the Illinois Air | 18 | | National Guard and was a member of the 169th Fighter | 19 | | Interceptor Squadron (182nd Airlift Wing); and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson began his coaching career at | 21 | | Princeville High School in 1953, where he served as head | 22 | | basketball, assistant football, and head track coach; he |
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| 1 | | returned to Peoria High School in 1956 as an assistant coach; | 2 | | he was head coach in football from 1957 to 1965, compiling a | 3 | | record of 50 wins, 20 losses, and 8 ties; his 1963 team was | 4 | | undefeated and untied, the first in the history of the school; | 5 | | the 1957 team was the Big 12 Champion; in 1963 and 1964, his | 6 | | teams were Mid-State 9 Conference Champions; he also coached | 7 | | wrestling and golf and assisted in basketball, track, and | 8 | | baseball; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson left coaching for | 10 | | administration in 1969, serving through 1987; as principal of | 11 | | Peoria High School, he was instrumental in bringing the state | 12 | | cross country meet to Peoria and served as meet manager for 16 | 13 | | years; he took the lead in developing many athletic programs | 14 | | and school facilities, including the girls' athletic program; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson introduced and administered the | 17 | | first experimental injury prevention conditioning program to | 18 | | the Illinois High School Association; he was a basketball | 19 | | official for 20 years on both the high school and college | 20 | | level; he served as Mid-State Conference president several | 21 | | times, and he is the only individual to have played in, | 22 | | coached, and administered the annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" | 23 | | football games between Manual and Central High Schools; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson was inducted into the Greater | 2 | | Peoria Sports Hall of Fame, where he served as president; he | 3 | | was active all his life at Bradley University in Peoria; he was | 4 | | president of the alumni association and was inducted into the | 5 | | Bradley Sports Hall of Fame; he received the Orville Northdruft | 6 | | Lifetime Achievement Award; after retiring, he was employed at | 7 | | Bradley University as the athletic ticket manager from 1987 to | 8 | | 2001; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson was a member of St. Paul's | 10 | | Episcopal Church, where he served on several committees and was | 11 | | a Eucharistic Minister; he was a member of the Downtown Rotary | 12 | | Club of Peoria and received the Rotary Paul Harris Fellow | 13 | | Award; he played baseball in the Peoria Sunday Morning League | 14 | | for 12 years; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson was preceded in death by his | 16 | | parents; his sisters, Lois Weidner and Marjorie Peterson; his | 17 | | brother, AJ "Jimmy" Robertson; and his brother-in-law, Douglas | 18 | | Ziegler; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, William Robertson is survived by his wife, | 20 | | Dolores; his children, Amy Ziegler, Holly Williams, and | 21 | | Brigadier General William (Sally) Robertson; his | 22 | | grandchildren, Katie (Kevin) Fuller, Douglas Bielenberg, | 23 | | Brooke Williams, Brent (Sarah Pacheco) Williams, James, David, |
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| 1 | | and Elizabeth Robertson, Paige (Jodi Hoos) Ziegler, and Laine | 2 | | Ziegler; and 10 great-grandchildren; 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 | | William C. "Corky" Robertson and extend our sincere condolences | 6 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of William Robertson as an expression | 10 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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