Bill Text: IL HR0405 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Earl Bryan Kirk of West Frankfort.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0405 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0405-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Earl | ||||||
| 4 | Bryan Kirk of West Frankfort, who passed away on April 28, | ||||||
| 5 | 2009; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk was born on January 30, 1926 in West | ||||||
| 7 | Frankfort; his parents were William and Anna (Wilson) Kirk; he | ||||||
| 8 | married Eva Miskowsky on September 11, 1948; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk attended Ezra Grade School, Frankfort | ||||||
| 10 | Community High School, Southern Illinois University, and | ||||||
| 11 | Lockyear Business College in Evansville, Indiana; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk served his country with pride and | ||||||
| 13 | distinction as a member of the United States Army during World | ||||||
| 14 | War II; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk worked as a coal miner for 38 years | ||||||
| 16 | until his retirement; he worked at Old Ben 15, Freeman 3, 4, | ||||||
| 17 | and 5, and Carlsbad Potash Mine; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk was a member of the Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Center for Independent Living (Blind), the Lions Club of West | ||||||
| 20 | Frankfort, the Franklin-Williamson Human Services Board, the | ||||||
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| 1 | Salvation Army board, the WF Pool Community, the American | ||||||
| 2 | Legion Post 1961 of Orient, the Illinois Council of the Blind | ||||||
| 3 | in Springfield, and the United Mine Workers of America; he was | ||||||
| 4 | also crowned Old King Coal in 2008; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 6 | his sister, Daisy Gass; and his brother, Glenn Kirk; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Earl Kirk is survived by his wife, Eva Kirk; his | ||||||
| 8 | daughter, Debbie and her husband, Kevin Kinley; his son, George | ||||||
| 9 | Kirk; his sisters, Alma Prusaczyk, Margaret Jackson, and Karen | ||||||
| 10 | Johnson; his brother, Bill and his wife, Josie Kirk; his | ||||||
| 11 | grandsons, Tyson and his wife Melissa Moore, and Kyle Kinley; | ||||||
| 12 | his great-granddaughter, Isabel Faith Moore; and his several | ||||||
| 13 | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Earl | ||||||
| 17 | Bryan Kirk; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Earl Kirk as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | sympathy.
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