Full Text of HR0994 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of L. Goebel | 4 | | Patton of West Frankfort, who passed away on April 1, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton was born on October 24, 1913 in | 6 | | New Haven; his parents were Roy F. Patton and Irene Rowe; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton graduated from Frankfort | 8 | | Community High School in 1930; he subsequently earned his | 9 | | Bachelor of Education from Southern Illinois University and his | 10 | | Master of Education from the University of Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton served as an educator from 1932 | 12 | | to 1984; he taught at Logan School from 1932 to 1935, served as | 13 | | principal at Lincoln School from 1935 to 1941 and of Central | 14 | | Junior High from 1941 to 1943, and served as superintendent of | 15 | | West Frankfort Elementary Schools from 1943 to 1946; he served | 16 | | as principal and superintendent at Frankfort Community High | 17 | | School from 1946 to 1960, director of the Illinois Education | 18 | | Association from 1960 to 1970, and superintendent of Frankfort | 19 | | Community School District 168 from 1970 to 1984; he was also | 20 | | instrumental in the construction of Max Morris Gym in 1950 and | 21 | | the organization of Frankfort Community Unit School District | 22 | | 168 in 1958; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton was a member of Second Baptist | 2 | | Church in West Frankfort since 1925; in 1990, he organized and | 3 | | established the church's weekly Men's Prayer Group; he also | 4 | | served as Sunday school superintendent for 20 years and a | 5 | | Sunday school teacher for more than 50 years; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton was a member of many civic and | 7 | | educational organizations, including the West Frankfort Lions | 8 | | Club, the West Frankfort Masonic Lodge, the board of directors | 9 | | of WFRX Radio Station, the First Community Bank of West | 10 | | Frankfort, American Savings and Loan, Southern Illinois | 11 | | Schools Credit Union, the Southern Illinois Boy Scout Camp, the | 12 | | American Cancer Society and its Franklin County Chapter, and | 13 | | the boards of directors of the Salvation Army, | 14 | | Franklin-Williamson Human Services, the Egyptian Council Board | 15 | | of Boy Scouts of America, the John A. Logan College Foundation, | 16 | | the SIU Foundation, the Real Estate Acquisition Committee, the | 17 | | Public Relations Committee, the Egyptian Area Agency on Aging, | 18 | | and Mid-Continent University; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton was the recipient of the Southern | 20 | | Business Journal "Leaders Among Us" award in 2006 and the | 21 | | "Governor's Unique Achievement Award" in 2013; he was also | 22 | | honored by Governor Pat Quinn, who declared October 13, 2013 | 23 | | "L. Goebel Patton Day" and was twice selected as Citizen of the |
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| 1 | | Year for West Frankfort; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton was preceded in death by his | 3 | | first wife, Eileen H. Howell Lucas; his second wife, Pauline | 4 | | Patton; his daughter, Joan Colleen Bicknell Hickey; his son, L. | 5 | | Goebel Patton, Jr. (Spunky); his granddaughter, Amy Colleen | 6 | | Bicknell; his brother, Roy E. Patton (Dorthy); and his niece, | 7 | | Jayne Caldwell Border; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, L. Goebel Patton is survived by his daughter, | 9 | | Penelope K. Patton Tippy (Roger); his daughter-in-law, Susan | 10 | | Smith Patton; his grandchildren, Tricia Blank (Bill), Ted | 11 | | Bicknell, Elaine Herzog (Bill), Torie Patton, Gabe Tippy, Jason | 12 | | Patton (Jessica), Daniel Tippy (Dana), and Ryan Patton | 13 | | (Jessica); his 7 great-grandchildren; his niece, Peggy Trapani | 14 | | (Cris); and his great-nieces and great-nephews, Leigh | 15 | | Caldwell, Kathleen Dial (Matt), Krissy Cordts (Scott), Robbie | 16 | | Maze, Maria Deaton (Jason), Jina Trapani, and Cristina Pisoni | 17 | | (Jole); therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of L. | 21 | | Goebel Patton; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of L. Goebel Patton as an expression of | 2 | | our sympathy.
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