Bill Text: IL SR0829 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joseph Mortier of Moline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0829 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0829-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 Mortier of Moline, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on July 25, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was born on March 3, 1925 in | ||||||
6 | Moline; his parents were Oscar and Emily (nee Mestdagt) | ||||||
7 | Mortier; he married Patricia Runge Wilson on April 19, 1947 at | ||||||
8 | Sacred Heart Church in Moline; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was inducted into the United States | ||||||
10 | Navy in June of 1943; he served on the USS Quincy, where | ||||||
11 | Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met Joseph Stalin | ||||||
12 | for the signing of the Yalta Treaty; his campaigns included the | ||||||
13 | European-African Middle Eastern Campaign, Occupational | ||||||
14 | Services in Japan, where he was docked in Tokyo Bay when the | ||||||
15 | surrender papers were signed, and the Atlantic and Pacific | ||||||
16 | Campaigns; his ship was the first to fire at the beaches at | ||||||
17 | Normandy on D-Day; he was honorably discharged from the service | ||||||
18 | in March of 1946; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier graduated from Moline High School; | ||||||
20 | after his discharge from the military, he attended DeVry | ||||||
21 | Technical School in Chicago; he later attended Moline Community | ||||||
22 | College and graduated from Western Illinois University in |
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1 | Macomb, where he earned his master's + 30 degree; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was employed as a teacher at John | ||||||
3 | Deere Junior High for 32 years and later worked at Moline High | ||||||
4 | School; he also held a journeyman's card in printing; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was a member of Sacred Heart Church | ||||||
6 | in Moline, the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, the Milan | ||||||
7 | Rifle Club, and the Scott County Sportsman's Gun Club, where he | ||||||
8 | was the State Champion Skeet Shooter in 1983; he was also an | ||||||
9 | instructor for 55 Alive and founded the Moline Archery Club at | ||||||
10 | Moline Community College; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier was preceded in death by his | ||||||
12 | parents; a brother, Walter Mortier; and 3 children, John | ||||||
13 | Michael, Christopher Paul, and Marcia Dawn Mortier; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Joseph Mortier is survived by his wife, Pat; 2 | ||||||
15 | children, Mark Joseph Mortier and Melanie Beth (Scott) | ||||||
16 | Verstraete; 7 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren; | ||||||
17 | therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
20 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Joseph Mortier; and be | ||||||
21 | it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Joseph Mortier as an expression of | ||||||
3 | our sympathy.
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