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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Gerald Leon Hall, Sr., of
4 Tunnel Hill on Friday, February 10, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Hall was born on September 6, 1930, in Marion
6 to Flossie Pauline (Watson) and Noel Iber Hall; he was a 1950
7 graduate of Galatia High School; and
 
8     WHEREAS, After graduation, Mr. Hall joined the United
9 States Marine Corps and proudly served during the Korean
10 conflict as an intelligence analyst; upon his honorable
11 discharge from the Marine Corps, he spent nine years working at
12 the EEI steam generating plant at Joppa; and
 
13     WHEREAS, On June 9th, 1956, Mr. Hall married Shirley Joann
14 Bullock-Smith at Dixon Springs Methodist Church; the couple was
15 married for nearly fifty years; and
 
16     WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Hall joined the startup crew at the
17 SIPC steam generating plant on Lake of Egypt as an auxiliary
18 operator; in 1997, he retired from SIPC with thirty-four years
19 of service as the 'D' shift supervisor; and
 
20     WHEREAS, In 1974, the Halls bought Bullock's General Store
21 in Grantsburg; the couple successfully ran the store until 1981
22 when all of their children had left the nest; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Mr. Hall loved to hunt and fish and did so when he
24 had time and was able; he was a member of Fountain United
25 Methodist Church in Marion, his home church, but regularly
26 attended Taylor United Methodist Church near Vienna; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Mr. Hall was an AINAD Shriner, Scottish Rite Royal
28 Arch Mason, and a member of the Grand Order of the Sword of

 

 

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1 Bunker Hill; and
 
2     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his
3 father-in-law, Hillis Bullock; his brother, M. Bruce Hall; and
4 his son, John E. Smith Jr.; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The passing of Gerald Leon Hall, Sr. has been
6 deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Shirley Joann; his
7 mother-in-law, Mary Helen Bullock; his brothers, Noel Ehud
8 Hall, Maurice Iber Hall, and Forrest Watson (Glenda) Hall; his
9 in-laws, Al and Jeanne Branche, Henry and Frances Gerald Hall
10 Bullock, Sue Jenkins, and Dennis and Patricia Reiter; his son,
11 Gerald (Gerry) Hall Jr.; his daughters, Susan Joy Padilla and
12 Jill Ann Hall; his grandchildren, Elisa Joann Hall and John
13 Paul (Kasey) Hall; his great-grandchildren, Aidan Leon Hall and
14 Kaidence Rashel Hall; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews,
15 and friends, all of whom he loved dearly; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
18 Gerald Leon Hall, Sr., and we extend our sincerest condolences
19 to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
20 it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
23 sympathy for their loss.