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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Edmund J. Joseph of East Peoria, who
4passed away on October 4, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Edmund Joseph was born on July 16, 1924 in Peoria;
6his parents were Nelson and Labeba (nee Mrad) Joseph; he
7married Mary Jane Corey on July 12, 1960; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Edmund Joseph served his country as a member of
9the United States Army from 1943 to 1946; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Edmund Joseph worked at his family's grocery
11store, Joseph's Brothers Market, for his entire life until he
12retired and the store was sold in 1986; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Edmund Joseph was a member of St. Monica's
14Catholic Church in East Peoria, the Itoo Society, the Knights
15of Columbus, and Ducks Unlimited; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Edmund Joseph was preceded in death by his parents
17and a brother, Joe Joseph; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Edmund Joseph is survived by his wife, Mary Jane;
193 children, Pamela (Dan) Kouri, Tammy Joseph, and Debra

 

 

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1(Marcus) Weeks; and 6 grandchildren, Dan, Jr., Jennifer,
2Joseph, and Louis Kouri, and Jacqueline and Joseph Weeks;
3therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Edmund J. Joseph; and
7be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Edmund Joseph as an expression of
10our sympathy.