Full Text of SR1451 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 David Burton Mercier of Kappa, who passed | 4 | | away on September 20, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Mercier was born to E. Burton C. and Mary L. | 6 | | Gooding Mercier in Bloomington on September 10, 1950; he | 7 | | graduated from University High School in 1968; the summer after | 8 | | high school, he studied computer and electrical engineering at | 9 | | Carnegie Mellon University; he then studied business marketing | 10 | | and chemical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder | 11 | | where he graduated in 1974; his studies also included time at | 12 | | Illinois State
University; he was a proud U.S. Marine who | 13 | | completed Officer Candidate School at Quantico and was | 14 | | honorably discharged; he married Gladys F. Tietz in New York | 15 | | City on February 14, 1980; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After school, David Mercier moved to
New York City | 17 | | to work as a research analyst for the National Broadcasting | 18 | | Company (NBC); he also held positions as a research analyst at | 19 | | Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and as a programmer at Chase Bank; | 20 | | he then started Micro Applications Systems in Port Washington, | 21 | | New York; he returned to Bloomington in 1989 and worked as vice | 22 | | president at Bloomington Offset Process; he was also the | 23 | | founder of Dave's World which was an internet services provider |
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| 1 | | for home internet; his final career position was as chairman at | 2 | | Starnet Digital Publishing; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, David Mercier was a proud member of the Sigma Chi | 4 | | fraternity; he was also a Mason with Normal Lodge 673 and a | 5 | | member of the Valley of Bloomington Scottish Rite; he was a | 6 | | Charter Member of the Bloomington Normal Sunrise Rotary where | 7 | | he served as president from 1991 to 1992 and was named a Paul | 8 | | Harris Fellow in 1992; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, David Mercier had many hobbies, including flying, | 10 | | fishing, hunting, golfing, rocketry, and rock and gem | 11 | | collecting; he was an avid reader and always had a wealth of | 12 | | knowledge to share; he considered himself a wine aficionado and | 13 | | was a friend to everyone he met; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, David Mercier was preceded in death by his father, | 15 | | E. Burton Mercier; his maternal grandparents, John C. and | 16 | | Frances Gooding; and his paternal grandparents, Charles and | 17 | | Ruth Mercier; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, David Mercier is survived by his wife of 40 years, | 19 | | Gladys F. Mercier; his daughter, Meredith (Pedro) Diaz; his | 20 | | grandchildren, Viviana and Owen Diaz; his mother, Mary L. | 21 | | Mercier; his sisters, Karen (Rich) Crusius and Mary Jo (Sandy) | 22 | | Adams; his brother, Tom (Sandy) Mercier; his several nieces and |
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| 1 | | nephews; his great-nieces and great-nephews; and his black lab | 2 | | puppy, Ruby; 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 | | David Burton Mercier and extend our sincere
condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 9 | | presented to the family of David Mercier as an expression of
| 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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