Full Text of SR0917 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 Joseph A. "Joe" Fiske, who passed away on | 4 | | December 25, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe Fiske served in the U.S. Army during World War | 6 | | II; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joe Fiske retired from Caterpillar after 36 years | 8 | | as a power plant operator; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joe Fiske was affectionately known as "Bud" and | 10 | | was an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs; he was a member of Joliet | 11 | | Moose Lodge #300 and was past president of The Retirees Club of | 12 | | IAM Lodge 851; he bowled on the senior bowling league at Joliet | 13 | | Town and Country Lanes and was still bowling twice a week up | 14 | | until recently; he also enjoyed golfing and playing euchre on | 15 | | Tuesday nights at the New Lenox American Legion; he was a | 16 | | former Little League manager in Elwood and a former precinct | 17 | | committeeman in Jackson Township; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Joe Fiske was preceded in death by his wife of | 19 | | over 49 years, Bonnie (Wietting); his daughter, Patricia Sacco; | 20 | | his brother, Donald Ryan; his sisters, Rosemary Benedict and | 21 | | Elizabeth Lander; his parents, Joseph and Rosella Fiske; and |
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| 1 | | his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Ruth and Gordon Randolph; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Joe Fiske is survived by his son, Michael (Nancy) | 4 | | Fiske; his sister, Idamae Vertin; his son-in-law, Raymond | 5 | | Sacco; his brother-in-law, Jerry (Karen) Randolph; his | 6 | | grandchildren, Tony, Chris (Jennifer), and Nick Sacco, Kevin | 7 | | (Susan) and Mark (Erin) Fiske, and Laura (Tim) Streit; his | 8 | | great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Sacco and Gresham, Owen, | 9 | | Haddon, Frances, Oliver, and Everly Fiske; and numerous nieces | 10 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Joseph A. "Joe" Fiske and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Joe Fiske as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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