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SR0473 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Robert Lee "Bob" Martin of Havana, | ||||||
| 4 | formerly of Easton and Rushville, who passed away on August | ||||||
| 5 | 12, 2025; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Bob Martin was born to Adam L. and Betty L. | ||||||
| 7 | (Boggs) Martin Jr. in Canton on May 26, 1945; he attended | ||||||
| 8 | Havana High School; he served in the United States Army from | ||||||
| 9 | May 1967 to May 1969, where he was stationed at MacDill Air | ||||||
| 10 | Force Base in Tampa, Florida; he married Donna Ward on July 3, | ||||||
| 11 | 1969; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Bob Martin began working for Caterpillar, Inc. on | ||||||
| 13 | January 1970, and he retired on July 1, 1998; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Bob Martin, along with his wife, enjoyed fishing, | ||||||
| 15 | camping, and attending yard sales; he looked forward to | ||||||
| 16 | gardening and mushroom hunting every year, and he occasionally | ||||||
| 17 | enjoyed playing poker; he and his canine companion, Wheel, | ||||||
| 18 | spent many hours fishing at Schuy-Rush Lake in Rushville and | ||||||
| 19 | traveling the area in his pickup truck; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Bob Martin was a member of Greenview Lodge #0653 | ||||||
| 21 | A.F. & A.M. and a Mason for 38 years; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Bob Martin was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 2 | and one great-granddaughter; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Bob Martin is survived by his wife of 56 years, | ||||||
| 4 | Donna; his children, Angela (Taber) Tapscott, Camilla (Edward) | ||||||
| 5 | Reimenschneider, and Scott (Julia) Martin; his sisters, Carrie | ||||||
| 6 | (John) Pravdica and Jennifer (Ed) Edwards; his sister-in-law, | ||||||
| 7 | Barb (the late Opie) Mustered; his brothers-in-law, Randy | ||||||
| 8 | (Joy) Ward and Rick Ward; five grandchildren; four | ||||||
| 9 | great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it | ||||||
| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Robert Lee "Bob" Martin and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 14 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Bob Martin as an expression of our | ||||||
| 18 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||