Full Text of SR1446 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 Lee Ambrose Cope of East Moline, who | 4 | | passed away on December 30, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lee Cope was born on September 6, 1929 in Verdan, | 6 | | Oklahoma; his parents were Horace and Ruby Young Cope; he | 7 | | married Anna Welsch in 1950 in East Moline; she passed away on | 8 | | October 9, 2011; he married Helen Bowers on January 31, 2012 in | 9 | | Rock Island; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lee Cope served in the United States Merchant | 11 | | Marine at the age of 14 and served in the United States Army | 12 | | during the Korean War; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lee Cope held many jobs as a cement finisher in | 14 | | the Quad Cities and Rockford; he enjoyed fishing, traveling, | 15 | | and playing Santa to the neighborhood kids; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lee Cope was preceded in death by his brother, | 17 | | Marvin; his stepdaughter, Tina Anderson; and his stepson, Randy | 18 | | Hood; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lee Cope is survived by his wife, Helen; his son, | 20 | | Phillip Cope; his stepchildren, Ronald Finley, Gina and Mike |
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| 1 | | Hayes, and Rusty and Teresa Hood; his grandchildren, Nicki, | 2 | | Christina, and Michael; his great-grandchildren, Macey and | 3 | | Jenna; and his many step-grandchildren and | 4 | | step-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 7 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Lee Ambrose Cope; and | 8 | | be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Lee Cope as an expression of our | 11 | | sympathy.
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