Full Text of SR0358 97th 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 William "Bill" Stephenson of Bethalto, | 4 | | who passed away on September 10, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on August 14, 1923, in Eldorado, the | 6 | | son of W. Floyd and Muriel (Williams) Stephenson; he married | 7 | | Lucille "Lucy" Stephenson on February 9, 1947, in Fosterburg | 8 | | and she preceded him in death; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He started his employment at Olin as a guard until | 10 | | he joined the United States Army, where he served his country | 11 | | during World War II from 1943 until 1946; upon returning from | 12 | | the war, he became an insurance agent for Metropolitan Life | 13 | | Insurance Company, and retired from there; he then helped | 14 | | Dugger Pool in Bethalto as a pool installer and helped with | 15 | | maintenance; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He proudly served as the mayor of the village of | 17 | | Bethalto from 1981 to 1997; he was a member of the Bethalto | 18 | | United Methodist Church, charter member of the Bethalto Spirit | 19 | | Group, a 50-year member of the Masonic Brotherhood, a member of | 20 | | the Bethalto American Legion Post 214, and the Bethalto Rotary | 21 | | Club, where he held the honor of being a Paul Harris Fellow; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; | 2 | | his brothers, Jerry and Robert Eugene Stephenson; and his | 3 | | brothers-in-law, Ralph Crawford and F.W. Pete Travis; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, William Stephenson is survived by his daughter, | 5 | | Janis Kay Stephenson; his son and daughter-in-law, Donald N. | 6 | | and Mary Lou Stephenson; his grandson, Bart Gregory Stephenson; | 7 | | his brother and sister-in-law, James and Mary Stephenson; his | 8 | | sister, Helen Crawford; his sister-in-law, Sibyl Travis; and | 9 | | several nieces, nephews, and good friends; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of William Stephenson; and | 13 | | be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of William Stephenson as a symbol of | 16 | | our sincere sympathy.
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