Full Text of HR1600 95th General Assembly
HR1600 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| G. "Spunky" Patton Jr. of West Frankfort, who passed away on | 5 |
| November 9, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was born on August 21, 1945 in | 7 |
| West Frankfort; his parents were L. Goebel Patton and Eileen H. | 8 |
| Howell; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was a graduate of Southern | 10 |
| Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was the owner and operator of | 12 |
| the Howell Insurance Agency in West Frankfort, which was | 13 |
| founded in 1914; a member of the third generation of the | 14 |
| family-owned agency, he became fully involved in the business | 15 |
| in the early 1970s; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. served his country with pride | 17 |
| and distinction as a member of the United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was an avid supporter of youth | 19 |
| and Redbird athletics; the youth tackle program Mr. Patton | 20 |
| helped to create enjoyed its inaugural season in the fall of |
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| 1974 and lasted for ten years, before he helped to bring it to | 2 |
| life once more in the late 1990s; he also coached girl's | 3 |
| softball in tandem with Frankfort Community Park legend Bill | 4 |
| McKee and helped bring about a grade school flag football | 5 |
| program in the mid 1990s; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. is survived by his wife, Susan; | 7 |
| his sons, Jason Patton and Ryan Patton; his daughters, Trish | 8 |
| Blank and her husband, Bill, and their children, Ria and | 9 |
| William, and Torie Patton; his father, L. Goebel Patton; and | 10 |
| his sister, Penelope Tippy and her husband, Roger; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was preceded in death by his | 12 |
| mother, Eileen Lucas, and his sister, Colleen Hickey; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 17 |
| Leonard G. "Spunky" Patton Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Leonard Patton Jr. as an expression | 20 |
| of our sympathy.
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