Full Text of SR0689 93rd General Assembly
SR0689 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express | | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Donald | | 4 |
| "Whitey" Verstraete of Moline, who passed away on August 27, | | 5 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 3, 1937 to Adolph and Elsie | | 7 |
| (Lyphout) Verstraete in Moline; he married Rosalie "Rose" | | 8 |
| VanTuyl on June 2, 1973 in Rock Island; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Verstraete was a teacher and coach of | | 10 |
| football, basketball and baseball at Alleman High School and | | 11 |
| later a teacher and assistant varsity and head basketball coach | | 12 |
| at Rock Island High School; he retired as a teacher and head | | 13 |
| basketball coach at Moline High School; he was also a general | | 14 |
| foreman at International Harvester and the former owner of Lil' | | 15 |
| Cow Bell in East Moline; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Christ The King Church, where | | 17 |
| he served as a cross bearer, Moline M Men's Club, and Township | | 18 |
| Supervisors of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the Rock Island County Board and its | | 20 |
| Forest Preserve Committee and Public Aid Committee, Youth | | 21 |
| Service Bureau of Rock Island County, Partners in Job Training | | 22 |
| of Rock Island County, Work Force Development of Rock Island | | 23 |
| County and Henry County, and as Supervisor of South Moline | | 24 |
| Township; in 1998 he received the Denny Jacobs Public Service | | 25 |
| Award; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Donald "Whitey" Verstraete will be | | 27 |
| felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Rose; | | 28 |
| his children and their spouses, Jeff Verstraete, Cheri Arnett, | | 29 |
| Joy and Matt Sottos, Jay and Mary Moseley, Teresa Verstraete, | | 30 |
| Scott and Melanie Verstraete, Connie Sergeant, Beth Foltz, and |
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| Karri and Ken Gelski; his 22 grandchildren, Stephen and Jane | | 2 |
| Sottos, Kristyn and Erin Verstraete, Amber and Ryan Sergeant, | | 3 |
| Lindsey Mortier, Meaghan Verstraete, Andy, Amanda, Katy and | | 4 |
| Sara Moseley, Aubree Chandler, Madison and Halle Foltz, Scott, | | 5 |
| Samuel and Sean Gelski, Eric and Adam Arnett, and Nicholas and | | 6 |
| Lucas Verstraete; and his five great-grandchildren, Elijah, | | 7 |
| Xavior, McKenzie, Christian and Braden; he was preceded in | | 8 |
| death by his granddaughter, Christal Foltz, his brother, | | 9 |
| Richard Verstraete, and his aunt, Elsie Yeargle; therefore, be | | 10 |
| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | | 13 |
| all who knew and loved him, the death of Donald "Whitey" | | 14 |
| Verstraete; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 16 |
| presented to the family of Donald "Whitey" Verstraete.
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