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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Nathaniel Cover Sr. of Peoria, who passed
4 away on July 3, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born October 4, 1935, in Peoria to
6 Nathaniel and Hulda Elsing Cover; he later married Joyce
7 Becker; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Nate was an electrical contractor, serving as a
9 board member for NECA, IBEW, and the Electrical Commission for
10 the city of Peoria; he was founder and president of Cover
11 Electric Inc., currently managed by his son; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He enjoyed playing tennis, and most of all,
13 boating on the Illinois River and Lake of the Ozarks; he was a
14 member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, where he also served as a
15 board member; and he attended Bradley University, where he
16 became involved in the ROTC program, later serving in the Air
17 National Guard Reserves; and
 
18     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by one sister, Ann
19 Barclay; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Nathaniel Cover is survived by his two daughters,

 

 

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1 Kim A. (Alan) Maites and Ketra A. (Michael) Tobin; his son,
2 Nathaniel B. (Jillian) Cover; and his eight grandchildren, Sara
3 and Ellie Maites, James, Emily, and Abby Tobin, and Nathan,
4 Logan, and Teagan Cover; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Nathaniel Cover Sr.; and
8 be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Nathaniel Cover Sr. as a symbol of
11 our sincere sympathy.