Full Text of SR1704 99th 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 Robert W. Wells of Cordova, who passed | 4 | | away on March 20, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wells was born on December 31, 1923 in Port | 6 | | Byron; his parents were Walter and Alice Wells; he married Lois | 7 | | Kincaid on August 10, 1946 in Wheatland, Iowa; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wells served in the United States Navy | 9 | | during World War II; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wells worked in the family business as a | 11 | | timber buyer for more than 40 years; he and his wife also | 12 | | founded, built, and operated Byron Hills Golf Course in the | 13 | | early 1960s; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wells enjoyed woodworking, restoring | 15 | | antique furniture, fishing, history, and spending time with his | 16 | | family; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wells was preceded in death by his parents; | 18 | | his brothers, Dale, Warren, Walter, and Royal; and his sisters, | 19 | | Ruth O'Donnell and Lois Vickroy; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wells is survived by his wife of 69 years, | 2 | | Lois; his children, Bob (Pam) Wells, Connie (Lon) Laleman, | 3 | | Walter (Linda) Wells, and Jeanette (Walter) Graham; his 20 | 4 | | grandchildren; his 16 great-grandchildren; his two great-great | 5 | | grandchildren; and his sister, Joyce Billingsley; therefore, | 6 | | be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 9 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Robert W. Wells; and | 10 | | be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Robert Wells as an expression of our | 13 | | sympathy.
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