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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of John W. Whitmire of Colona, who passed
4away on September 15, 2021; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Whitmire was born to William and Nina Godwin
6Whitmire in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas on August 22, 1944; he
7served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era; he married Jane
8Schweitzer in Rock Island on September 5, 1971; and
 
9    WHEREAS, John Whitmire retired from John Deere Foundry in
101993; and
 
11    WHEREAS, John Whitmire was a song leader at Full Gospel
12Church of God in Silvis for several years; and
 
13    WHEREAS, John Whitmire was an avid NASCAR and Jeff Gordon
14fan; and
 
15    WHEREAS, John Whitmire was preceded in death by his
16parents; his son, David; and his siblings, Grant, Millard,
17Melvin, James, Louise Hoggard, and Betty Williams; and
 
18    WHEREAS, John Whitmire is survived by his wife; his
19children, Robert (Tina) Whitmire, Steven Whitmire, and

 

 

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1Christie (Kevin) Parrish; his 11 grandchildren; his 21
2great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Alfred and Pauline
3Livingston; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
6John W. Whitmire and extend our sincere condolences to his
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the family of John Whitmire as an expression of
11our deepest sympathy.