Bill Text: IL HR0728 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Martha Watt of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0728 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0728-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 Martha | ||||||
| 4 | Louise Watt of Peoria, who passed away on March 5, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Martha Watt was born to Paul and Ruby Elouise | ||||||
| 6 | Long Heavner in Golden, Mississippi on November 24, 1951; she | ||||||
| 7 | attended school in Hammond, Indiana and college at Tennessee | ||||||
| 8 | Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee; she married Joey | ||||||
| 9 | Watt in Schereville, Indiana on August 16, 1975; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Martha Watt committed to her faith as a teenager | ||||||
| 11 | and later served as a Christian school teacher, a home school | ||||||
| 12 | teacher, and a foster parent; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Alongside her husband, Martha Watt served in the | ||||||
| 14 | ministry at Wayside Baptist Church of Graysville, Tennessee, | ||||||
| 15 | Liberty Baptist Church of Rochester, Indiana, and for the past | ||||||
| 16 | 36 years at El Vista Baptist Church in Peoria; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Martha Watt was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 18 | brothers, James and Robert Heavner, and her parents; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Martha Watt is survived by her six children, | ||||||
| 20 | Benjamin (Kristina) Watt, Philip (Erin) Watt, Sarah Watt, | ||||||
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| 1 | Enoch (Dana) Watt, Adam (Lis) Watt, and Hannah (Justin) Derry; | ||||||
| 2 | her nine grandchildren, Grace, Isaac, Luke, Jeremiah, Eliza, | ||||||
| 3 | Annabelle, Piper, Jake, and Jada; her siblings, Tony (Wendy) | ||||||
| 4 | Heavner, John (Maureen) Heavner, Mike (Sharon) Heavner, Margie | ||||||
| 5 | (Bob) Jackson, Joe (Debi) Heavner, Enoch (Diana) Heavner, and | ||||||
| 6 | Eddie (Dawn) Heavner; her sister-in-law, Sandy Heavner; her | ||||||
| 7 | aunts and uncles; her cousins; and her El Vista Baptist Church | ||||||
| 8 | family; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we mourn the passing of
Martha Louise Watt and extend our | ||||||
| 12 | sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 13 | and loved
her; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 15 | presented to the family of Martha Watt as an expression of
our | ||||||
| 16 | deepest sympathy.
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