Bill Text: IL SR1136 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Jason Edward McDowell, O.D. of Jacksonville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR1136 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1136-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Jason Edward McDowell, O.D. of | ||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville, who passed away on July 31, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. McDowell was born to Edward E. and Andrea R. | ||||||
| 6 | (Thompson) McDowell in Iowa City, Iowa on September 12, 1973; | ||||||
| 7 | as a youth, he excelled in baseball, playing through college; | ||||||
| 8 | he graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1991; he attended | ||||||
| 9 | Hannibal-LaGrange University; he then obtained his Doctorate | ||||||
| 10 | of Optometry from the University of Missouri-St. Louis; he | ||||||
| 11 | married Mary Ellen Laws in Hannibal, Missouri on December 12, | ||||||
| 12 | 1992; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. McDowell began his career in optometry in | ||||||
| 14 | Hannibal and Pittsfield; he moved to Jacksonville in 2001, | ||||||
| 15 | where he began working for the International Eye Care Center; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. McDowell was an active member of Lincoln | ||||||
| 18 | Avenue Baptist Church, serving as a deacon and a Sunday School | ||||||
| 19 | teacher; he coached basketball at Westfair Christian Academy | ||||||
| 20 | and served as chairman of the Parent Teacher Fellowship; he | ||||||
| 21 | also served on the Pathway Board and Jacksonville Salvation | ||||||
| 22 | Army Board and was a member of the Jacksonville Rotary Club; | ||||||
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| 1 | and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dr. McDowell loved all things sports, especially | ||||||
| 3 | basketball, golf, and running; he also enjoyed traveling, | ||||||
| 4 | boating, attending mission trips, spending time with family | ||||||
| 5 | and friends, eating ice cream, grilling, taking jeep rides, | ||||||
| 6 | and helping people; he especially loved making people laugh; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dr. McDowell is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 9 | parents; his sons, Clayton E. McDowell and Carter T. McDowell | ||||||
| 10 | (fiancée, Mollie Huff); his brothers, Jeremy (Lisa) McDowell | ||||||
| 11 | and Justin McDowell; and his aunt, Amy Phillips; therefore, be | ||||||
| 12 | it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Jason Edward McDowell, O.D. of Jacksonville and extend our | ||||||
| 16 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 17 | and loved him; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Dr. McDowell as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | deepest sympathy.
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