Bill Text: IL HR1352 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Monsignor Virgil W. Mank.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR1352 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1352-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 Monsignor | ||||||
4 | Virgil W. Mank, who passed away on June 28, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was born on December 25, 1939 in | ||||||
6 | New Baden; his parents were William C. and Louise A. Mank; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was ordained a priest at the | ||||||
8 | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield by Bishop | ||||||
9 | William A. O'Connor on May 22, 1965; he began his more than 50 | ||||||
10 | years of priestly service in the diocese of Springfield as | ||||||
11 | Associate Pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Springfield from 1965 | ||||||
12 | to 1969; he served as Associate Pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish | ||||||
13 | in Granite City from 1969 to 1970; from 1970 to 1975, he served | ||||||
14 | as Chaplain of the Newman Community at Eastern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University in Charleston; he served as Associate Pastor at SS. | ||||||
16 | Peter & Paul Parish in Collinsville from 1975 to 1977 and as | ||||||
17 | Co-Administrator at St. Mary Catholic Church in Taylorville and | ||||||
18 | at St. Rita Catholic Church in Kincaid from 1977 to 1979; he | ||||||
19 | also served as Pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption in Ste. | ||||||
20 | Marie and St. Valentine at The Bend from 1979 to 1981, Pastor | ||||||
21 | at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Glen Carbon from 1981 to | ||||||
22 | 1988, Pastor at St. Ambrose Parish in Godfrey from 1988 to | ||||||
23 | 2004, and Pastor of St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy from |
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1 | 2004 to 2009; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was appointed Dean of the Alton | ||||||
3 | Deanery in 1987, serving until his retirement in 2009; he | ||||||
4 | served as Parochial Administrator of the Diocese from October | ||||||
5 | 3, 1999 to December 19, 1999; on February 19, 2002, he received | ||||||
6 | the honor as Chaplain to his Holiness (Monsignor) by Pope John | ||||||
7 | Paul II; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was preceded in death by his | ||||||
9 | parents; his brother, Louis A. Mank; and his brothers-in-law, | ||||||
10 | William Wadlow and Richard Gier; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank is survived by his sisters, | ||||||
12 | Darlene Wadlow and Mary Gier; his brothers, Billy (Connie) | ||||||
13 | Mank, James (Lynne) Mank, and Timothy (Michelle) Mank; and many | ||||||
14 | nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins; | ||||||
15 | therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
17 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
18 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
19 | Monsignor Virgil W. Mank; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Msgr. Virgil Mank as an expression |
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1 | of our sympathy.
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