Full Text of SR0808 98th General Assembly
SR0808 98TH 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 Bernard J. "Bernie" Cobb, Sr. of | 4 | | Naperville, who passed away on January 7, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bernard Cobb, Sr. was born on October 10, 1941 in | 6 | | Chicago to Sylver and Mary Cobb; he attended Quigley | 7 | | Preparatory Seminary South and graduated from William R. Harper | 8 | | High School in Chicago in 1960; he married Carol in 1966; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bernard Cobb, Sr. worked with the Sign & Pictorial | 10 | | Painters of America as a gold-leaf draftsman and began his | 11 | | career with H.M. Witt & Co. Signs in Chicago; during this time, | 12 | | he earned numerous scholarships to the Art Institute of Chicago | 13 | | and continued his studies at the American Academy of Art; in | 14 | | 1970, he began attending Leadership Techniques, Inc. sales | 15 | | training and began selling the Leader Tech Tiger School | 16 | | programs; he began selling real estate in 1972 at Naperville's | 17 | | Thorsen Realtors and in 1978 he joined RE/MAX of Naperville; | 18 | | teaming up with his wife, and later his sons, he formed "The | 19 | | Cobb Team-Families Helping Families" and continued as a top | 20 | | agent until he retired from RE/MAX in 2007; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bernard Cobb, Sr. always had a passion for art and | 22 | | painting; he reignited that passion after retirement at the |
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| 1 | | Palette and Chisel Art Club in Chicago, producing over 500 | 2 | | paintings in his home studio; he served on the club's board of | 3 | | directors for several years; he also enjoyed fishing, | 4 | | especially in Canada, vacationing out West, and viewing art | 5 | | galleries; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bernard Cobb, Sr. was the beloved husband of Carol | 7 | | (nee Pecho) Cobb; the loving father of Bernard J. "Bernie" | 8 | | (Vickie) Cobb, Jr. and Christopher (Susan) Cobb; the adored | 9 | | grandfather of Courtney, Kyle, Carley, and Porter Cobb; the | 10 | | devoted son of the late Sylver and Mary Cobb; the dear brother | 11 | | of Judy (Bill) Desmond, Mary Ellen Cosgrove, Diane (the late | 12 | | Larry) Kelly, and the late David (Charlotte) Cobb; the fond | 13 | | brother-in-law of Marge Pecho and Victor (Pat) Pecho; and the | 14 | | adored uncle of many and loving owner of his dog, Thor; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Bernard J. "Bernie" Cobb, Sr., and extend our sincere | 19 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 20 | | him; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Bernard Cobb, Sr. as an expression | 23 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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