Full Text of SR1221 101st 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 Joseph "Joe" B. Burns of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on June 10, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joe Burns was born to Harold and Irene DeJaeger | 6 | | Burns in Moline on March 18, 1941; he graduated from Alleman | 7 | | High School and joined the U.S. Navy in 1961;
he married Sharon | 8 | | McMurray on July 12, 1969; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joe Burns worked 18 and a half years at John Deere | 10 | | Harvester; he retired in 2009 as co-owner and operator of the | 11 | | 14th Avenue Waffle Shop in Rock Island; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Joe Burns belonged to St. Pius X Catholic Church | 13 | | and was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the | 14 | | Garabandal movement;
he was very proud of the replica of Noah's | 15 | | Ark he built in the 1970s; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Joe Burns was preceded in death by his parents and | 17 | | three siblings, Rosemarie Kennedy, Robert Burns, and Patricia | 18 | | Jenning; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Joe Burns is survived by his wife, Sharon Burns; | 20 | | his children, David (Lisa) Burns, Paul (Anna) Burns, Brian |
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| 1 | | Burns, Bernadette (Jason) Gustafson, and Anna (Scott) Anders; | 2 | | his five grandchildren; his two step-grandchildren; his two | 3 | | step-great-grandchildren; his siblings, Ruth Kelley, Father | 4 | | John Burns, Teresa Huyten, and Cynthia Jasper; his close | 5 | | cousin, MaryAnn Hanavan; and his numerous nieces and nephews; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 9 | | Joseph "Joe" B. Burns and extend our sincere
condolences to his | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 13 | | presented to the family of Joe Burns as an expression of
our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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