Bill Text: IL HR0219 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Virgil Motsinger of Harrisburg.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0219 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0219-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 Virgil H. | ||||||
4 | Motsinger of Harrisburg, who passed away on March 2, 2011; and
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5 | WHEREAS, He was born February 21, 1933, in Crab Orchard to | ||||||
6 | the late Virgil "Copper" and Irene (LaMaster) Motsinger; on | ||||||
7 | June 5, 1955, he married his college sweetheart, Mata Hester, | ||||||
8 | at First United Methodist Church in Shattuc; and
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9 | WHEREAS, He was an active member of the First United | ||||||
10 | Methodist Church in Harrisburg, where he taught Sunday school | ||||||
11 | for the past 40 years; he was a member of the Methodist Men, | ||||||
12 | the Harrisburg Rotary, the Southeastern Illinois College | ||||||
13 | Foundation, and served on the board at Mid Country Bank; and
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14 | WHEREAS, He grew up in Crab Orchard and graduated from Crab | ||||||
15 | Orchard High School in 1951; he attended McKendree College from | ||||||
16 | 1951 to 1955 and was a member of the varsity basketball and | ||||||
17 | track team all four years; while attending McKendree he met his | ||||||
18 | future wife, Mata; and
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19 | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Marine Corps from | ||||||
20 | 1954 to 1957 and received a Master's degree in health and | ||||||
21 | physical education from Indiana University; for 35 years he |
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1 | served as coach, athletic director, and health and physical | ||||||
2 | education teacher at Southeastern Illinois College in | ||||||
3 | Harrisburg; and
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4 | WHEREAS, He was a coaching legend in Southern Illinois; he | ||||||
5 | was the basketball coach at Woodlawn High School from 1956 to | ||||||
6 | 1961; he was the basketball coach and for several years the | ||||||
7 | baseball coach at Southeastern Illinois College; he had a | ||||||
8 | career coaching record of 679 wins, 383 losses; and
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9 | WHEREAS, During the 1997-98 season, he served as an | ||||||
10 | assistant to Rich Herrin at Southern Illinois University in | ||||||
11 | Carbondale; he coached fifth and sixth grade basketball in | ||||||
12 | Harrisburg from 1998 to 2000; he was a member of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the National | ||||||
14 | Junior College Basketball Hall of Fame, the McKendree College | ||||||
15 | Hall of Fame, and the Southeastern Illinois College Athletic | ||||||
16 | Hall of Fame; in 2006, C Building at Southeastern Illinois | ||||||
17 | College was named the Virgil Motsinger Athletic Complex and in | ||||||
18 | 2011, he received the Crab Orchard High School Distinguished | ||||||
19 | Alumni Award; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Virgil Motsinger is survived by his wife, Mata | ||||||
21 | Motsinger, with whom he was married for 56 years; his sons, | ||||||
22 | Mark and his wife, Suzanne Motsinger, and Mike and his wife, | ||||||
23 | Melonie Motsinger; his daughter, Amy and her husband, Garrick |
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1 | Simpson; his loving grandchildren, Adam and his wife, Mariah | ||||||
2 | Dennison, Caleb and Gabriel Motsinger, Masen, Marcella, and | ||||||
3 | McCartney Motsinger, and Abigail Simpson; and his | ||||||
4 | great-grandchildren, Chloe and Ella Dennison; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
8 | Virgil Motsinger; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the family of Virgil Motsinger as a symbol of our | ||||||
11 | sincere sympathy.
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