Bill Text: IL SR1969 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John Cooper of Edwardsville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR1969 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1969-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 John "Jack" Cooper of Edwardsville, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on August 15, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Cooper was born in Bethalto to Ben and Ann | ||||||
| 6 | (Knudtson) Cooper; he graduated from Civic Memorial High School | ||||||
| 7 | in Bethalto in 1960 and attended Illinois College for two | ||||||
| 8 | years; he married Sandy Angle at the Carrollton Baptist Church | ||||||
| 9 | in 1964; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jack Cooper's career as a banker spanned over 30 | ||||||
| 11 | years, which included his tenure as vice-president of the First | ||||||
| 12 | National Bank of Granite City; his last job before retirement | ||||||
| 13 | was at PNC Bank in Springfield; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Jack Cooper was a devoted and committed member of | ||||||
| 15 | the communities in which he lived and worked; his volunteerism | ||||||
| 16 | included the YMCA of Granite City, the booster club of Granite | ||||||
| 17 | City High School, where he served as president during the 1980s | ||||||
| 18 | while his son was a student there, and the Villa Marie Pool | ||||||
| 19 | Association in Godfrey, where he served as president during the | ||||||
| 20 | 1970s; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Jack Cooper was an avid reader and sports fan; he | ||||||
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| 1 | enjoyed watching or listening to St. Louis Cardinals and St. | ||||||
| 2 | Louis Blues games and taking his grandson, Jack, to his soccer, | ||||||
| 3 | hockey, and baseball games and practices; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Jack Cooper was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 5 | and his sister, Pat Cooper Schmittling; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Jack Cooper is survived by his wife of 54 years, | ||||||
| 7 | Sandy; his son, Jeff (Francesca) Cooper; his grandchildren, | ||||||
| 8 | Jack, Ella, Maggie, and Maria Cooper and Norman Harris; his | ||||||
| 9 | brother, Ben (Joan) Cooper and his children and grandchildren; | ||||||
| 10 | and many other family members and dear friends; therefore, be | ||||||
| 11 | it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | John "Jack" Cooper, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Jack Cooper as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | deepest sympathy.
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