Full Text of SR0568 095th General Assembly
SR0568 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Robert J. Mortell of McHenry, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 26, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell was born on March 5, 1941 in | 6 |
| Stockbridge, Wisconsin; his parents were Robert J. and Martha | 7 |
| (Eldred) Mortell; he married Donna Jean Everson on September | 8 |
| 17, 1960 in Menasha, Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell graduated from St. Mary's High | 10 |
| School in 1959 and the University of Wisconsin in Madison in | 11 |
| 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell was an independent insurance | 13 |
| agent; he was the owner of Kent Corp. in McHenry; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell served as the treasurer for | 15 |
| District 156 and District 15 referendums; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell was a longtime member of the | 17 |
| Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Catholic Order | 18 |
| of Foresters; he served as president of the McHenry Little | 19 |
| League; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2004, Robert J. Mortell was the recipient of | 2 |
| the McHenry Chamber of Commerce's highest honor, the Frank E. | 3 |
| Low Award, in recognition of his lifetime of volunteering; he | 4 |
| also delivered the Top Ten Scholar awards for McHenry Middle | 5 |
| School, Parkland School, and Montini Catholic School annually | 6 |
| for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell was an avid sports fan, | 8 |
| particularly of the Green Bay Packers, Chicago White Sox, and | 9 |
| Wisconsin Badgers; he enjoyed golfing and watching all of his | 10 |
| grandchildren participate in their individual sports; he was | 11 |
| well known as a sports trivia buff; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell was preceded in death by his | 13 |
| father and his sister, Kathleen Rankin; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell is survived by his wife of 47 | 15 |
| years, Donna; his mother; his children, Carrie (Tim) Sabatka, | 16 |
| Debra (Curtis) Tyerman, Robert (Tammy) Mortell, Kristine | 17 |
| (Jason) Hoffmann, and Amy (Charles) Karasek; his | 18 |
| mother-in-law, Matilda Everson; his grandchildren, Rebecca and | 19 |
| Jeffrey Sabatka, Kayleigh and Brianne Tyerman, Robert and | 20 |
| Meghan Mortell, Hannah and Claudia Hoffmann, and Malory and | 21 |
| Sloan Karasek; his sisters, Mary Van Stippen, Arlene (George) | 22 |
| Mosher, and Joyce (Dan) Gavronski; and his brothers, Tom | 23 |
| Mortell and Richard Mortell; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert J. Mortell will be remembered by all who | 2 |
| knew and loved him as a dedicated father who gave much of his | 3 |
| time to helping others; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert J. Mortell; and | 7 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Robert J. Mortell as an expression | 10 |
| of our sympathy.
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