Full Text of SR1331 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 Martin L. Parisot of Moline, who passed | 4 | | away on July 24, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Martin Parisot was born in Leland to Louis Parisot | 6 | | and Stella (Zuber) Parisot on April 6, 1921; he graduated from | 7 | | Somonauk Community High School; he served in the U.S. Army Air | 8 | | Corps during World War II, where he was B-17 bomber tail gunner | 9 | | until his plane was shot down over Germany; he was a Prisoner | 10 | | of War in Stalag 17B in Austria for 21 months; he was awarded | 11 | | the European Theater Operations Medal with six bronze stars and | 12 | | discharged as a technical sergeant after three years of | 13 | | service; he earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical | 14 | | Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1949; he | 15 | | completed additional graduate work at the University of Dayton, | 16 | | Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa; he married | 17 | | Evelyn Maginn in Newton on October 14, 1950; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Martin Parisot worked at Wright Patterson Air | 19 | | Force Base in Dayton, Ohio; he then worked at the Rock Island | 20 | | Arsenal, where he retired in 1976 as chief of the Product | 21 | | Engineering Division of Rodman Laboratory; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Martin Parisot was an active member of St. Pius X |
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| 1 | | Church in Rock Island and the Western Illinois Chapter of | 2 | | American Ex-Prisoners of War; he was the former president of | 3 | | the Blackhawk Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional | 4 | | Engineers; he enjoyed restoring farm equipment, woodworking, | 5 | | gardening, photography, pottery, coin collecting, golfing, | 6 | | playing cards, and working on stained glass; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Martin Parisot was preceded in death by his | 8 | | parents; his sisters, Heloise Parisot and Rita Parisot; and his | 9 | | brothers, Leo Parisot and Paul (Ethel) Parisot; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Martin Parisot is survived by his wife, Evelyn; | 11 | | his children, Marilyn Gairns, David (Anne) Parisot, Carol | 12 | | (Gary) McCormick, Janis (David) Hult, Lisa Gaeta, Brenda | 13 | | (Dennis) Means, and Kevin (Kathleen) Parisot; his | 14 | | grandchildren, Alexandra Parisot, Kristyn (Scott) Bair, Erin | 15 | | (Chad) Schmidt, Erik (Abigail) Hult, Andrea (Tyler) Maas, Kaleb | 16 | | Hult, Eli Gaeta, Owen Means, Zoe Means, Ryan Parisot, Megan | 17 | | Parisot, Shannon Parisot, Brendan Parisot, Colin Parisot, and | 18 | | Aidan Parisot; and his great-grandchildren, Arthur Bair, | 19 | | Martin Bair, Emmett Bair, Sylvia Schmidt, Rosalie Schmidt, and | 20 | | Genevieve Hult; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | Martin L. Parisot and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Martin Parisot as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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