Full Text of SR1673 98th 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 the Rev. Joseph Marquis Wilcox, who | 4 | | passed away on October 18, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Wilcox was born in Mansfield, Ohio on | 6 | | September 23, 1923 to J. Dale and Edith (nee House) Wilcox; he | 7 | | graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1941 and from | 8 | | Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in December of | 9 | | 1945, with a major in philosophy; he married Emily Rees Marsh | 10 | | on May 4, 1946, and he received his Bachelor of Divinity from | 11 | | the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology in Oberlin, | 12 | | Ohio in 1949; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from seminary, Rev. Wilcox | 14 | | served as youth pastor at Walnut Hills Christian Church in | 15 | | Cincinnati, Ohio; he moved to First Christian Church in | 16 | | Bellaire, Ohio in 1952, to Parma Christian Church in Parma, | 17 | | Ohio in 1955, and then to First Christian Church in Waukegan, | 18 | | where he served as pastor for 12 years; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Wilcox was an active member of the Chicago | 20 | | Area Disciple's regional fellowship; in 1975, he received his | 21 | | Chaplain's Certificate and became the chaplain at Westlake | 22 | | Hospital in Melrose Park, where he served for 12 and a half |
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| 1 | | years; following that, he served as chaplain at the Winchester | 2 | | House in Libertyville for 9 years; he then returned to Gurnee | 3 | | and served as minster at Gurnee Community Church for 3 years, | 4 | | where the congregation named him pastor-emeritus; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Wilcox was preceded in death by his parents | 6 | | and his brother, John David Wilcox; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Wilcox is survived by his wife, Emily Rees; | 8 | | their 3 children, Emily Wilcox Denesha (Mike), Amy Wilcox-Owens | 9 | | (Rick), and Joseph Dale Wilcox (Jean); his 7 grandchildren; his | 10 | | 3 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Eleanor Wilcox Lime; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | the Rev. Joseph Marquis Wilcox, and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Rev. Wilcox as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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