Full Text of HR1582 94th General Assembly
HR1582 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives learned with sadness of the passing of the | 4 |
| Reverend Monsignor Charles Bourke Motsett, P.A., of Danville on | 5 |
| December 14, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Motsett was born on January 12, 1908, in | 7 |
| Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Charles and Clara (Bourke) | 8 |
| Motsett; he was preceded in death by his parents and one | 9 |
| brother, William J. Motsett; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Motsett attended and graduated from | 11 |
| Spalding Institute in Peoria, the University of Notre Dame in | 12 |
| South Bend, Indiana, in 1931, and The Pontifical North American | 13 |
| College in Rome, Italy, in 1935; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Motsett was ordained into the priesthood in | 15 |
| Rome on December 8, 1934; returning to the United States in | 16 |
| 1935, he served as an assistant at two parishes, St. Mary's in | 17 |
| Canton and Visitation in Kewanee, and then was pastor of Our | 18 |
| Lady of Lourdes in Gibson City; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Motsett then became pastor of St. Paul's | 20 |
| Church in Danville in 1948 and served until 1974; he then went | 21 |
| to Sacred Heart in Gibson City until 1982; after leaving Gibson | 22 |
| City, he became chaplain of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville | 23 |
| until his retirement in 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Motsett was elevated to status of Monsignor | 25 |
| in 1993 and then Protonotory Apostolic in 2003; he was devoted | 26 |
| to both his church and city communities; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Father Motsett belonged to the Knights of Columbus | 28 |
| Danville Council 754, serving as chaplain for 3rd and 4th | 29 |
| Degrees; he was also a member of the Noon Kiwanis and Danville |
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| Rotary, from which he received the Rotary Service Person of the | 2 |
| Year award in 1998; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Father Motsett always volunteered for other civic | 4 |
| functions; he enjoyed horseback riding, reading, and all his | 5 |
| faithful dogs; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of the Reverend Monsignor Charles | 7 |
| Bourke Motsett, P.A., has been deeply felt by all who knew and | 8 |
| loved him, especially his nieces and nephews; his many friends | 9 |
| and acquaintances; his students; and the countless number of | 10 |
| people in the Danville community, both Catholic and | 11 |
| Non-Catholic, whose lives were touched by his many generous | 12 |
| acts; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of the | 16 |
| Reverend Monsignor Charles Bourke Motsett, P.A.; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of the Reverend Monsignor Charles | 20 |
| Bourke Motsett, P.A.
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