Full Text of HR0964 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor the life of Charles C. | 4 | | Everett; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He served as a publicly elected Trustee of the | 6 | | Prospect Heights Public Library District Trustee for 21 years, | 7 | | and served as its President from May 2008 until his passing in | 8 | | 2010; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was married for 62 years to Ruth L. Everett, | 10 | | with whom he raised 3 children; he was a grandfather and a | 11 | | great-grandfather; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was a graduate of Austin High School; his | 13 | | college education was interrupted when he was drafted into the | 14 | | United States Army in 1945; he returned from Korea and earned a | 15 | | degree in electrical engineering; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He retired after 38 years from Case International | 17 | | Harvester; after his retirement,, he worked as a substitute | 18 | | teacher at Maine East High School; he was an Eagle Scout, a Boy | 19 | | Scout leader, and proud that his family had 4 Eagle Scouts; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, He served as a Board of Election Judge for |
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| 1 | | approximately 20 years, was an active member of the Medinah | 2 | | Shriners, and was a loyal longstanding member of Christ Church | 3 | | United Church of Christ in Des Plaines, where he served as a | 4 | | member of the Church Council; and | 5 | | WHEREAS,
In addition to serving his community, he enjoyed | 6 | | camping, scouting, golfing, Facebooking with his | 7 | | grandchildren, and tinkering in his basement workshop on | 8 | | computers and like items; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we honor the life of Charles Everett and his legacy in the | 12 | | Village of Prospect Heights; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Charles Everett and the Prospect | 15 | | Heights Public Library as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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