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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Quinton E. Ford of Moline, who passed |
| 4 | | away on June 12, 2019; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Quinton Ford was born in Rock Island to Quinton |
| 6 | | and Vivian (Vroman) Ford on May 5, 1942; he was a veteran of |
| 7 | | the United States Navy; he married Joyce A. Thorngren at |
| 8 | | Trinity Lutheran Church in Moline on December 17, 1960; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Quinton Ford worked in structural steel sales and |
| 10 | | retired in 2005; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Quinton Ford was a member of Trinity Lutheran |
| 12 | | Church, where he was active as an assisting minister, a Sunday |
| 13 | | school and a vacation bible school teacher, a confirmation |
| 14 | | leader, a Befriender volunteer, and a Via de Cristo |
| 15 | | participant; he coached many youth basketball, baseball, |
| 16 | | softball, and football teams; he was a past president of the |
| 17 | | Willard School PTA, a Scout leader, a Hospice volunteer and |
| 18 | | board member, a member of the American Legion Post 246, a |
| 19 | | certified NRA firearms instructor, and a volunteer at Arrowhead |
| 20 | | Ranch; in his younger years, he played semi-professional |
| 21 | | football for the Davenport Warriors; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Quinton Ford was preceded in death by his parents; |
| 2 | | his wife, Joyce; and his brothers, Sergei and Patrick; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Quinton Ford is survived by his children, Quinton |
| 4 | | B. (Lauren) Ford, Stacy (Stephen) Elliott, Christopher (Laura) |
| 5 | | Ford, Sarah (John) Turner, and Joshua (Aimee) Ford; his |
| 6 | | grandchildren, Haleigh (Ricky) Hoyt, Joel Turner, Carly |
| 7 | | (Justin) Morris, Quinton T. (Abby) Ford, Aaron Ford, Keaton |
| 8 | | Ford, Jacob Ford, and Brody Ford; his great-grandchildren, |
| 9 | | Alena Turner, Ryker Hoyt, Sawyer Morris, Graham Hoyt, Addison |
| 10 | | Morris, and Ryan Morris; his siblings, Robbin Hensley, Chantel |
| 11 | | Brems, Burse (Gary) Badley, and Timothy Ford; and his friend, |
| 12 | | Terry Wisecarver; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 15 | | Quinton E. Ford and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 17 | | further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Quinton Ford as an expression of our |
| 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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