Full Text of SR0868 95th General Assembly
SR0868 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Henry L. Cotter, who passed away on | 4 |
| September 16, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on December 8, 1917 in Alton, the son | 6 |
| of Henry Snow & Henritta (Sworts) Cotter; he married Ruth | 7 |
| Elizabeth Mutschler on July 3, 1943 in Dubuque, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, He served his country with the United States Army | 9 |
| during World War II and was stationed in France and
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| during the European Theatre; he was a lifetime member of the | 11 |
| Alton VFW Post 1308; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a lifetime member of Saints Peter & Paul | 13 |
| Catholic Church in Alton where he served as an altar boy and | 14 |
| usher; he retired in 1980 after 42 years of service as a pipe | 15 |
| fitter for Shell Oil Company; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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Henry L. Cotter is survived by his wife, Ruth; his | 18 |
| son and daughter-in-law, Arthur & Pamela (Galligos) Cotter; his | 19 |
| daughters, Susan Cotter and Elizabeth Keister; his | 20 |
| grandchildren, Scott and Todd Link, Molly and Katie Keister, |
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| Angela Pekarik, and Adam and Kevin Cotter; his great | 2 |
| grandchildren, Kaleigh and Alexis Pekarik and Trent Alan | 3 |
| Neaderhiser; and his special friend, Bill Heintz; therefore, be | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Henry Cotter; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Henry Cotter as a symbol of our | 11 |
| sincere sympathy.
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