Full Text of SR1211 100th 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 Ronald Lee "Ron" Bloom of Coal Valley, | 4 | | who passed away on December 12, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Bloom was born in Clinton, Iowa on September | 6 | | 20, 1940; he was raised in Burlington, Iowa by his mother and | 7 | | stepfather, Helen (Hass) and Leroy Evans; he served in the U.S. | 8 | | Army from 1961 to 1963 and married Georgia Sawyer Parker in | 9 | | Coal Valley on March 29, 1996; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ron Bloom worked in sales for UPS Freight in Rock | 11 | | Island for 19 years, retiring in 2007; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ron Bloom was a member of the Friends Circle Club; | 13 | | he enjoyed fishing, boating, hunting, and antiquing; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ron Bloom had many special friends throughout his | 15 | | life, including Denny Arnett, Denny and Carol Royster, Phil and | 16 | | Darcy McBroom, Jim and Jorja Beert, John and Janet Hill, and | 17 | | Gale and Linda Adams; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ron Bloom is survived by his wife, Georgia; his | 19 | | stepson, Mark Flemming; several cousins and their families; and | 20 | | Georgia's siblings and their spouses, Sheela Sawyer, Diana and |
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| 1 | | Neil Carroll, John and Jania Sawyer, and Doyle Sawyer and their | 2 | | families; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Ronald Lee "Ron" Bloom, and extend our sincere condolences to | 6 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Ron Bloom as an expression of our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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