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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 John A. Patterson of Farmington, who |
| 4 | | passed away on April 19, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Patterson was born in Canton on October 20, |
| 6 | | 1943, the son of Florence and Larry Horton, and Dr. John H. |
| 7 | | Patterson; he attended Canton schools and graduated from Normal |
| 8 | | Community High School; he attended Canton College and earned |
| 9 | | his bachelor's degree in education from Western Illinois |
| 10 | | University (WIU) in 1965 and his master's degree in educational |
| 11 | | administration from WIU in 1973; he married Cynthia Hayduk on |
| 12 | | August 1, 1964 at the Methodist Church in Canton; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Patterson spent his career in education and |
| 14 | | worked at public schools in Smithfield, Cuba, Eldorado, and |
| 15 | | Farmington; he retired in 1994 after 21 years as an elementary |
| 16 | | and junior high school principal; he continued to work |
| 17 | | part-time with the alternative school program in the |
| 18 | | Fulton/Schulyer Regional Office of Education; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Patterson enjoyed traveling, golfing, |
| 20 | | fishing, playing cards, and spending time with family and |
| 21 | | friends; he belonged to many organizations including the |
| 22 | | Illinois and Fulton County Retired Teachers Associations, the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Principals Association, the local, State, and |
| 2 | | national Parent-Teacher Association, the AARP, Farmington |
| 3 | | Moose Lodge #1571, the Fulton County Farm Bureau, the West |
| 4 | | Central Association for Supervision and Curriculum |
| 5 | | Development, the Farmington Rotary Club, the Farmington |
| 6 | | Academic Foundation Board, the Century Investment Club, and the |
| 7 | | Maple Lane Country Club; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Patterson was preceded in death by his |
| 9 | | parents, and by a brother, Chris; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Patterson is survived by his wife of 49 |
| 11 | | years, Cynthia; 2 children, John C. (Tricia) Patterson and |
| 12 | | Jennifer Patterson; 4 grandchildren, Sam and Owen Patterson and |
| 13 | | Mia and Ava Allen; 2 sisters, Lee Ann (Jack) Bennie and Cindy |
| 14 | | Horton; and 5 brothers, Ben (Sandy), Joe (Beth), Jim (Barbara), |
| 15 | | Tom (Sharon), and Bob (Donna) Patterson; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | John A. Patterson, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of John Patterson as an expression of |