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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Virgil Max Bennett of Rock Island, who
4passed away on January 6, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett was born on November 1, 1927 in
6Mechanicsville, Iowa to Carl T. and Winnifred H. Lenahan
7Bennett; he married Patricia L. Moortel on January 31, 1953 in
8Rock Island; and
 
9    WHEREAS, After college, Virgil Bennett served in the United
10States Army Air Corps; he was later employed at the Rock Island
11Arsenal for 30 years; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett was a member of the Black Hawk
13Shrine Club, Hi-Twelve, the Moline Breakfast Optimist Club, the
14Royal Order of Jesters, C.R.A.B.S., and a 60-year member of the
15Lindsay Park Yacht Club; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett enjoyed boating with his family and
17friends and spending many winters in Arizona; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett was preceded in death by his
19parents and his brother, Robert Bennett; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Virgil Bennett is survived by his wife, Patricia;
2his daughter, Mary Jane (Thomas) Newenham; and his
3granddaughter, Alexandra Newenham; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Virgil Max Bennett;
7and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Virgil Bennett as an expression of
10our sympathy.