Full Text of SR0977 95th General Assembly
SR0977 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 John W. Mitchell of Decatur, who passed | 4 |
| away on November 17, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, John W. Mitchell was born July 6, 1924, in | 6 |
| Decatur, the son of William and Alberta Mitchell; and
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| WHEREAS, He enlisted in the United States Army Corp of | 8 |
| Engineers in 1942 and released in 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, John graduated from the University of Colorado in | 10 |
| Boulder in 1950; he served as Vice President of A&E, an | 11 |
| engineering firm in Decatur; John married Angela Edwards in | 12 |
| 1951 and had three children, Michele, Bill, and Michael; and
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| WHEREAS, John was a man of few words, but when he spoke | 14 |
| people listened; he was a man of great character and integrity | 15 |
| and he will be missed; and
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| WHEREAS, John W. Mitchell is survived by his wife of 57 | 17 |
| years, Angela; his children, Michele (Joe) Kearney; Illinois | 18 |
| State Representative Bill Mitchell; and Michael Mitchell; his | 19 |
| grandson, Jack Kearney; his brother, Bob Mitchell; and his | 20 |
| granddogs, Sophie and Pat Kearney; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of John W. Mitchell; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of John W. Mitchell as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sincere sympathy.
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