Bill Text: IL SR0582 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joseph Moore Sodowski, IV, formerly of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0582 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0582-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 Joseph Moore Sodowski, IV, formerly of | ||||||
| 4 | Peoria, who passed away on May 20, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Joseph Sodowski, IV was born in Keokuk, Iowa on | ||||||
| 6 | August 8, 1926 to Moore and Millie (nee Hicks) Sodowski; he | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from Spalding Academy and Bradley University; he | ||||||
| 8 | served as a Seaman 1st class in the
United States Navy and is a | ||||||
| 9 | plank owner of the U.S.S. Atlanta CL-104, which he served on in | ||||||
| 10 | World War II from
June 23, 1944 to February 18, 1946; he was | ||||||
| 11 | also a founding member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in Peoria; | ||||||
| 12 | he also served on the U.S.S. Atlanta CL-104 as a Gun Capitan; | ||||||
| 13 | he
married Lana Rose Barto on August 15, 1951 in Long Beach, | ||||||
| 14 | California; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Joseph Sodowski, IV built his first set of
docks | ||||||
| 16 | on top of Illinois River ice in 1960 and Sodowski Boat Basin | ||||||
| 17 | was open for business; through the 1960s, 70s,
80s, and 90's, | ||||||
| 18 | he would hold multiple boater parties and the annual log races | ||||||
| 19 | put on by the Coast
Guard Auxiliary; he opened his business | ||||||
| 20 | while working full-time as a truck driver and later a brewery | ||||||
| 21 | worker at the
Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery in Peoria Heights; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Joseph Sodowski, IV had a passion for the water; | ||||||
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| 1 | the only thing he loved more than a boat ride was being the | ||||||
| 2 | captain of Me Thou and I,
Millie, River Bum, Reel Hooker, | ||||||
| 3 | Popatop, and Gulf Bum; he drove Reel Hooker from the Sodowski
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| 4 | Boat Basin, mile marker 167.5 in Peoria Heights, down to Marina | ||||||
| 5 | Town, mile marker 138.5
on the Okeechobee Waterway in North | ||||||
| 6 | Fort Myers Florida; in 1979, he built his family
home and | ||||||
| 7 | wife's dream house in Punta Gorda Isles, Florida, where the | ||||||
| 8 | family gathered every Christmas; he was a former member
of St. | ||||||
| 9 | Peter Catholic Church; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Joseph Sodowski, IV was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 11 | parents; his stepfather, John Chiotte; and his daughter, Tina | ||||||
| 12 | Sodowski; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Joseph Sodowski, IV is survived by his wife, Lana; | ||||||
| 14 | his children, Millie (David) Sodowski-Meyer and Joseph M.
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| 15 | (Marietta) Sodowski, V; his grandchildren, Scott (Veronica) | ||||||
| 16 | Elms, Matthew
(Christina) Elms, Floyd Meyer, Joseph M. | ||||||
| 17 | Sodowski, VI, and Jenna Sodowski; and his great-grandchildren,
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| 18 | Ravin, Sophia, and Rosa Elms; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 21 | Joseph Moore Sodowski, IV, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 22 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 23 | it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Joseph Sodowski, IV as an expression | ||||||
| 3 | of our deepest sympathy.
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