Bill Text: IL SR0550 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of David Fisk of Prophetstown.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0550 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0550-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of David Fisk of Prophetstown, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on June 19, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, David Fisk was born in Sterling to Harold and | ||||||
| 6 | Margaret (Carstensen) Fisk on September 1, 1938; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Prophetstown High School in 1956 and served in the U.S. | ||||||
| 8 | Navy; he married Anita Johnson in Norfolk, Virginia on August | ||||||
| 9 | 19, 1957; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, David Fisk worked as a lineman for the Contel | ||||||
| 11 | Telephone Company (Frontier) for over 40 years, retiring in | ||||||
| 12 | 2003; he also served with the Prophetstown Fire Department for | ||||||
| 13 | many years, 17 as fire chief; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, David Fisk enjoyed fishing, wood working, and | ||||||
| 15 | gardening; he was quite fond of his black raspberry bushes and | ||||||
| 16 | was considered a jack of all trades by his family; he adored | ||||||
| 17 | his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and loved spending | ||||||
| 18 | time with his dogs; he
was a past member of the First | ||||||
| 19 | Congregational Church in Prophetstown and a lifetime member of | ||||||
| 20 | the Polo VFW; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, David Fisk was preceded in death by his parents; a | ||||||
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| 1 | sister; and a brother; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, David Fisk is survived by his wife, Anita; his | ||||||
| 3 | daughter, Leslie (Patrick) McPherson; his sons, Michael and | ||||||
| 4 | Trevor (Jodi) Fisk; his grandchildren, Libby, David (Lora), | ||||||
| 5 | Steve, Maggie (Matt), Amanda (Tim), Mallory (Stacey), Brandon | ||||||
| 6 | (Katie), Caitlin (Casey), Casey, Kendra, Tari, Kolton, Erin, | ||||||
| 7 | and Dana; and his great-grandchildren, Westen, Maryn, Barrett, | ||||||
| 8 | Myah, Lindsey, Grant, Dean, Chloe, Parker, Paisley, and Kalvin; | ||||||
| 9 | therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | David Fisk and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
| 13 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of David Fisk as an expression of our | ||||||
| 16 | deepest sympathy.
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