Bill Text: IL SR1245 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dennis DeToye.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-12-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR1245 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1245-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 Dennis DeToye; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye taught for over 35 years; he spent | ||||||
5 | his entire teaching career as an art teacher and Art Department | ||||||
6 | Chair at Edwardsville High School; and
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7 | WHEREAS, After retirement, Dennis DeToye would spend | ||||||
8 | several hours a day, often long into the night, working on | ||||||
9 | large-scale portraits; his paintings have hung in several | ||||||
10 | galleries in the St. Louis region; he purchased close to 100 | ||||||
11 | pieces of student artwork, which he later donated back to | ||||||
12 | Edwardsville High School; he and his wife filled their home | ||||||
13 | with his work and the work of other local and regional artists; | ||||||
14 | he was proud of the part he played in finding a home for the | ||||||
15 | Edwardsville Art Center in Edwardsville High School and was | ||||||
16 | humbled when the student gallery at the Center was named in his | ||||||
17 | honor; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye served as Mayor of Edwardsville; he | ||||||
19 | had a positive impact on the growth and development of | ||||||
20 | Edwardsville and was especially proud that his name is on the | ||||||
21 | plaque dedicating the new wing of the Edwardsville Public | ||||||
22 | Library; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye loved ESIC Baptist Church and served | ||||||
2 | as deacon and trustee there for years; at various times in his | ||||||
3 | life, he was also an airplane pilot, a football coach, a | ||||||
4 | community theater performer, a Student Council Advisor, a world | ||||||
5 | traveler, an unpublished novelist, a bicyclist, an activist, | ||||||
6 | and a best friend; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Dennis DeToye was the best husband and best friend | ||||||
8 | to his wife, Lela; he was a devoted and loving father to his | ||||||
9 | daughters, Anne and Kate; he was a role model for his | ||||||
10 | sons-in-law, Cody Moore and Zac Friederich; he was a proud and | ||||||
11 | doting grandfather for Emma and Joey Moore and Olive | ||||||
12 | Friederich; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
15 | Dennis DeToye, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
17 | further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Dennis DeToye as an expression of | ||||||
20 | our deepest sympathy.
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