Bill Text: IL HR1208 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Marvin W. Teel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR1208 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1208-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Marvin W. | ||||||
| 4 | Teel; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel was born on July 23, 1923 in rural | ||||||
| 6 | Mulkeytown and lived in Franklin County for most of his life; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel graduated from Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | University with a degree in physics, chemistry, and math and | ||||||
| 10 | had an early career with Sangamo Corporation as a chemist; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel served his country as a member of the | ||||||
| 12 | United States Navy as a radio operator during World War II; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel served as a rural mail carrier in | ||||||
| 14 | Mulkeytown for 44 years; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel was an excellent mechanic and a race | ||||||
| 16 | car fan; he operated an antenna and tower installation business | ||||||
| 17 | and still rode his bicycle and delivered newspapers for Benton | ||||||
| 18 | Evening News until the age of 90; he also took great pleasure | ||||||
| 19 | in frequently writing letters to the editor of many newspapers, | ||||||
| 20 | including the Southern Illinoisian, and framing the | ||||||
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| 1 | conservative world views on various issues of the day; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel was a faithful member of Greenwood | ||||||
| 3 | United Methodist Church of rural Mulkeytown; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
| 5 | Leslie and Elnora (nee Ward) Teel, and a brother, Harley L. | ||||||
| 6 | Teel; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Marvin Teel is survived by his wife of 70 years, | ||||||
| 8 | Marilyn (nee Flowers) Teel; 4 children, Sherry (Larry) Bullock, | ||||||
| 9 | Forrest (Ann) Teel, Winona Teel, and Taylor (Kim) Teel; 7 | ||||||
| 10 | grandchildren, Linaya Germann, Trevor Bullock, Courtney | ||||||
| 11 | Overturf, Harrison Teel, Mackenzie Teel, Shawn Teel, and | ||||||
| 12 | Brianna Teel; 8 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Edna Neal; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Marvin W. Teel; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Marvin Teel as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | sympathy.
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