Full Text of HR0137 98th General Assembly
HR0137 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Melvin L. | 4 | | Paris of Machesney Park, who passed away on March 3, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Paris was born on December 27, 1944, in | 6 | | Oklahoma City; his parents were Harold L. and Hazel Paris; he | 7 | | married Charlotte Johnson on September 30, 1972, in Green City, | 8 | | Missouri; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Paris served our country with pride as a | 10 | | member of the United States Marine Corps; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Paris was employed by Sundstrand for 32 | 12 | | years until his retirement in 1999; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Paris was a past president of UAW Local 592 | 14 | | and the current president of the UAW Building Association; he | 15 | | had served on the Rockford Sanitary District Board and the | 16 | | Winnebago County Board and was a former Harlem Township | 17 | | Recorder; he served as financial secretary of the Labor Day | 18 | | Parade Committee and Democratic Caucus; he was also a member of | 19 | | R.U.L.; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Paris was preceded in death by his parents; |
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| 1 | | his stepfather, Pat Goucher; and his brother, Terry Goucher; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Paris is survived by his wife, Charlotte; | 4 | | his son, Brent Paris; his grandchildren, Kayla and Katelin | 5 | | Paris; his stepmother, Velma Paris; his sisters, Deb (Don) | 6 | | Johnson and Deanna (Larry) Butterbaugh; his brothers, Mike | 7 | | (Cathy), Bill (Sandy), Randy, Larry (Fran), and Allen Paris, | 8 | | Kenny (Mitzie) and Ronnie (Linda) Douglas, and Darryl, Norman, | 9 | | and Timmy (Marlene) Goucher; his special friend, Betty Stewart; | 10 | | and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 14 | | Melvin L. Paris; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Melvin Paris as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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