Full Text of SR2000 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of J. Mark Amacher of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on June 15, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher was born on August 4, 1938 in | 6 | | Marshfield, Wisconsin; his parents were Edward and Cenayda | 7 | | Suter Amacher; he married Susan M. Stahl on April 4, 1964 in | 8 | | Sandwich; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher attended Wisconsin State College | 10 | | in Stevens Point and Whitewater, Wisconsin (now known as the | 11 | | University of Wisconsin) and graduated from the University of | 12 | | Maryland with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration; | 13 | | after college, he joined the United States Marine Corps; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher was employed in the financial | 15 | | industry for over 45 years; he worked for Black Hawk Federal | 16 | | Savings and Loan, American Bank, and the Rock Island Bank; | 17 | | prior to his retirement, he had been employed as a banker with | 18 | | IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher was a member of St. Matthew | 20 | | Lutheran Church in Milan and the Marine Corps League; he also | 21 | | served as president of the Rock Island Kiwanis Club and of Tau |
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| 1 | | Kappa Epsilon during his junior year of college; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher was a lifelong Green Bay Packers | 3 | | and Chicago White Sox fan; he enjoyed collecting baseball | 4 | | cards, volunteering at Toys for Tots for 10 years, and walking | 5 | | Civil War and World War battlefields; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; his brothers, Armond and Farrell Amacher; and his | 8 | | sisters, Marilyn Whelihan and Jean Bremer; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, J. Mark Amacher is survived by his wife of 52 | 10 | | years, Susan; his son, Bryce (Anne Marie) Amacher; his | 11 | | grandchildren, Alexandra and Andrew Amacher; and his siblings, | 12 | | Bernice Amacher, Janice Smith, and Phyllis Smith; therefore, be | 13 | | it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 16 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of J. Mark Amacher; and | 17 | | be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of J. Mark Amacher as an expression of | 20 | | our sympathy.
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