Full Text of SR0375 101st 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 R. Powell of Colona, who passed | 4 | | away on April 7, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Powell was born in Wayne, Indiana to Roy | 6 | | and Carolyn Fegley Powell on March 17, 1932; he served in the | 7 | | United States Army during the Korean War and married Nora Myers | 8 | | in Colona on December 26, 1954; he later married Mary Jane | 9 | | Fleming Kent in Colona on September 10, 2010; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, William Powell worked as an inspector for John | 11 | | Deere Harvester, retiring in 1982 after 37 years of service; he | 12 | | was a volunteer ambulance driver for the Cambridge Fire | 13 | | Department and a courier for Blackhawk Bank and Trust; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, William Powell was a member of the United Auto | 15 | | Workers in East Moline and the First Baptist Church of Colona; | 16 | | he was a former Master Mason at Clement Lodge 680 A.F.& A.M. | 17 | | and a board member for the Henry County Crime Stoppers, where | 18 | | he was involved with the Fingerprinting Children Program; he | 19 | | was also a ham radio operator; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, William Powell was preceded in death by his first | 21 | | wife, Nora; his parents; his infant son, Robert F. Powell; and |
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| 1 | | his son, Carroll Eugene Powell; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, William Powell is survived by his wife, Mary Jane; | 3 | | his daughter, Sharon (Laurie) Young; his son, William F. | 4 | | (Marlah) Powell; his stepson, David (Sharon) Clementz; his | 5 | | foster children, Donald, Terry, and Michael (Wendy) Powell; his | 6 | | grandchildren, William (Nikki) Powell, Erin Elizabeth | 7 | | (Patrick) Woods, and Anastasia (Joe) Billet; and 10 | 8 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | William R. Powell and extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of William Powell as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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