Full Text of SR0887 98th General Assembly
SR0887 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 Robert H. "Bob" Coyle of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on January 17, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Coyle was born on January 1, 1926 in Peoria | 6 | | to Henry and Helen (nee Kern) Coyle; he attended St. Bernard's | 7 | | Grade School and Peoria High School, where he served as class | 8 | | president, student body president, and Mid-State Student | 9 | | Council President, and he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout; he | 10 | | served his country in the United States Army Air Corps as a | 11 | | flight crew radio operator over the North Atlantic during World | 12 | | War II; he married Shirley Ann Critchlow on August 28, 1948; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Following his service in the military, Robert | 15 | | Coyle earned his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at | 16 | | the University of Illinois and began his career at the | 17 | | Caterpillar Tractor Company; he spent 35 years in sales and | 18 | | marketing, representing Caterpillar all over North America and | 19 | | as far away as Tokyo, Japan; he retired as the Global Sales | 20 | | Manager in December of 1983; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Robert Coyle founded his own | 22 | | company, the R.M. Coyle Company of Peoria, Inc. on January 2, |
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| 1 | | 1984; the company steadily grew, changing its name to the Coyle | 2 | | Insurance Agency and finally merging with another company to | 3 | | form Gallagher Coyle in Peoria; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Coyle enjoyed spending time with family and | 5 | | friends and playing golf at the Country Club of Peoria and at | 6 | | clubs in Alabama and Arizona; he was a member of Rotary North | 7 | | and a dedicated fan of the Chicago Bears and of all the | 8 | | "Illini" teams; he was also a member of St. Philomena Parish; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Coyle was preceded in death by his parents; | 11 | | his son, Timothy Critchlow Coyle; his sisters, Margaret (Jack) | 12 | | Bulger and Claire (Henry) Huser; and his brothers, William | 13 | | (Joan), Phillip (Sally), and John (Susan) Coyle; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Coyle is survived by his wife of more than | 15 | | 65 years, Shirley; his children, Susan Marie (Richard) | 16 | | Gualandi, Robert Michael (Lynn) Coyle, Bonnie Kathleen (Terry) | 17 | | Essington, Peter Thomas (Katherine) Coyle, and Mary Colleen | 18 | | (Christopher) Mathis; his 13 grandchildren; his 13 | 19 | | great-grandchildren; and his sister, Alice (Dick) Healy; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Robert H. "Bob" Coyle, and extend our sincere condolences to | 2 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Robert Coyle as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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