SR0819 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mary Belle Lyons of Peoria, formerly of Hanna City, who passed away on June 10, 2012; and

WHEREAS, She was born March 17, 1931, in Flora, to Jesse and Velma (King) Harrison; she married William C. "Bill" Lyons on November 30, 1952; and

WHEREAS, She worked for Illinois Bell and AT&T for over 35 years before retiring in 1988 as a dispatch controller; she was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and I.B.E.W. Local 34; and

WHEREAS, She was an avid and longtime volunteer at Peoria Neighborhood House, volunteered weekly at Bel-Wood Nursing Home for 15 years, and was remembered for her involvement with the Hanna City Grade School PTA, as a Cub Scout den mother, and as a sheriff's tour guide at the Peoria County Jail; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her brother, Carl D. Harrison; and her sister, L. Maxine Bailey Williams; and

WHEREAS, Mary Belle Lyons is survived by her sons, Cal (Joni) Lyons and Kevin Lyons; her grandchildren, Callie (David) Jayne, Cara (Joel) Fulkerson, and Julie Lyons; her great-grandchildren, Audrey Claire Jayne, Lydia Paige Jayne, Ezra Anthony Fulkerson, and Annie Joy Fulkerson; her brother, James T. Harrison; and James E. (Tammy) Dalrymple, whom she treated as a son; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mary Belle Lyons; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mary Belle Lyons as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.