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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dale Henry Pickerill of Glen Carbon, who
4passed away on February 23, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill was born on December 29, 1946, in
6Litchfield; his parents were James Wendall Pickerill and Mary
7Eileen (Floyd) Pickerill; he married Elizabeth "Betty"
8Schneider on December 31, 1980; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill graduated from Mt. Olive High
10School in 1965; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill was an extremely proud member of
12Laborer's Local #338 in Wood River for 46 1/2 years; he served
13in the field as a laborer for 32 years, served as a member of
14the Executive Board, and served as Secretary-Treasurer of the
15organization for 5 years; he retired from Laborer's Local #338
16as Business Manager in January of 2004; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill served as an Executive Board Member
18of the Southwestern Illinois District Council and as a Trustee
19for Central Laborer's Health and Welfare; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill was very involved in the labor

 

 

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1movement and continually studied the labor movement and its
2history; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill was a past member of the Church of
4the Ascension in Mt. Olive and St. Barbara's Church in
5Batchtown; he was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
6Livingston at the time of his passing; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill was an avid fisherman; he was also
8very interested in his family history, having spent the last
9four years researching and compiling a family tree and album;
10being of Irish ancestry, he was fascinated by all things Irish;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill was preceded in death by his
13parents; his brothers, James Wendall Pickerill Jr., Kenneth
14Eugene Pickerill, and Larry Dean Pickerill; his mother-in-law
15and father-in-law, Allen and Gertrude Schneider; his five
16brothers-in-law; and his two nieces; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Dale Pickerill is survived by his wife, Elizabeth
18Pickerill; his sons, Robert Scott (Stephanie) Pickerill,
19Patrick Wade Pickerill, and Preston Richard (Amy Elizabeth)
20Hall; his daughters, Leslie Ann Pomatto, Kerra Leigh Deaton,
21and Kerri Jean Niehaus; his grandsons, Zackory Alexander
22Deaton, Braden Dale, and Bryce Arthur Niehaus; his

 

 

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1granddaughters, Ashley Marie (Larry) Rayburn, Amanda Jo
2Pomatto, Audrey Alexandria Pickerill, Alaina Elizabeth Hall,
3and Lauren Elizabeth Bailey; his great-granddaughter, Katlynn
4Jo Pomatto; his brother, William (Rosemarie) Pickerill; his
5sisters, Loralei Scrianko, MaryAnn (Bruce) Scopel, Betty
6(John) Vidakovich, Geraldine (Richard) Bayse, Connie (Steve)
7Provost, Norma (Ernie) Parish, and Anita Darneal; and his
8numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
11his family and friends, the passing of Dale Henry Pickerill;
12and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the family of Dale Pickerill as an expression of
15our sympathy.