Bill Text: IL SR0177 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of David Alan Marks of Deerfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR0177 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0177-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 David Alan Marks of Deerfield, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on April 4, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, David Marks was the project architect for Water | ||||||
| 6 | Tower Place, and he designed many other notable buildings | ||||||
| 7 | throughout the Chicago area and the world as a principal at | ||||||
| 8 | Loebl Schlossman and Hackl; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, David Marks used his many talents to help others | ||||||
| 10 | through his work with Shriners Children's Hospital, the | ||||||
| 11 | Salvation Army, and the Deerfield Plan Commission; he also | ||||||
| 12 | designed the chapel at Makom Solel Lakeside; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, David Marks was a talented painter, specializing | ||||||
| 14 | in figurative work, and an avid tennis player at Bannockburn | ||||||
| 15 | Club and Birchwood Club for many years; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, David Marks loved his family with all his heart, | ||||||
| 17 | and he was always there for his children and grandchildren; he | ||||||
| 18 | adored his wife, Lois, and was the most devoted, patient, and | ||||||
| 19 | loving husband; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, David Marks was preceded in death by his wife and | ||||||
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| 1 | best friend of 60 years, Lois (Stretch) Marks, and his | ||||||
| 2 | granddaughter, Verity Marks-Kandel; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, David Marks is survived by his daughters, Susan | ||||||
| 4 | Mason (Larry), Ellen Marks (Alex Kandel), and Jami Jacobs | ||||||
| 5 | (Michael); his grandchildren, Samantha Renton (James), Sarah | ||||||
| 6 | Mason, Zoe Mason, Caleb Marks-Kandel, Ethan Jacobs, Ben | ||||||
| 7 | Jacobs, and Hope Marks-Kandel; and his sister, Roberta (Gene) | ||||||
| 8 | Douglis; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | David Alan Marks and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 12 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of David Marks as an expression of our | ||||||
| 16 | deepest sympathy.
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