Full Text of SR1243 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Frederick "Fred" Richard Mason of Port | 4 | | Byron, who passed away on June 17, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Fred Mason was born to Fred T. and Ruby (Hadley) | 6 | | Mason on December 20, 1929; he graduated from Atkinson High | 7 | | School and then attended Illinois Bankers School in Carbondale; | 8 | | he married Lillian White in Kewanee on October 14, 1951; Fred | 9 | | served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, working as a medic | 10 | | during the Korean War; he was also in the US Army Reserve, | 11 | | retiring in 1977; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Fred Mason farmed in the Atkinson area for 12 | 13 | | years and Leland for two years; he also worked for the Leland | 14 | | National Bank from 1967 to 1974 and then served as president of | 15 | | the Sugar Grove Bank from 1975 to 1995; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, For over 50 years, Fred Mason was a member of the | 17 | | American Legion in Sugar Grove and Port Byron; he was also a | 18 | | member of the Lions Club; he was a wonderful husband, father, | 19 | | grandfather, brother, and friend; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Fred Mason was preceded in death by his parents; | 21 | | his wife, Lillian Mason; his son, Darrell Mason; his brother, |
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| 1 | | Donald Mason; and his sister, June Mason; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Fred Mason is survived by his children, Kathleen | 3 | | (Carl) Burney, Kenneth (Sandra) Mason, Dennis Mason, and Kim | 4 | | (Dewinn) Hume; his grandchildren, Tony Gaskin, Terri Just, | 5 | | Brooke Grzanich, Ryan, Joshua, and Brandon Mason, Bridgette | 6 | | Russell, Brittany Stalling, and Dustin, Jenna, and Logan Hume; | 7 | | and his 16 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 10 | | Frederick Richard Mason and extend our sincere
condolences to | 11 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 14 | | presented to the family of Fred Mason as an expression of
our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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