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SR0296 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of William Bruce "Bill" West Sr. of Hanna | ||||||
| 4 | City, who passed away on April 1, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Bill West was born in Logan Township, Peoria | ||||||
| 6 | County to George W. and Fama Jane (Donaldson) West on June 22, | ||||||
| 7 | 1934; he graduated from Farmington High School and the | ||||||
| 8 | University of Illinois, where he received his bachelor's | ||||||
| 9 | degree in agriculture and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho | ||||||
| 10 | Fraternity; following college, he served in the United States | ||||||
| 11 | Army and was stationed in Germany; he married Arlene Shaddock | ||||||
| 12 | in Moweaqua on July 1, 1956; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Bill West was a lifelong farmer; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Bill West was an active member of the Hanna City | ||||||
| 15 | Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder; he | ||||||
| 16 | volunteered as a chaplain at Methodist Hospital and served on | ||||||
| 17 | the school board for Farmington East High School and as a | ||||||
| 18 | trustee for Logan Township; he was also a member of the Peoria | ||||||
| 19 | County Pork Producers and Farm Bureau; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Bill West was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 21 | his son, Robert "Rob"; and his sister, Helen Doubet; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Bill West is survived by his wife, Arlene; his | ||||||
| 2 | children, W. Bruce (Julie) West and Jeffery (Tracy) West; his | ||||||
| 3 | grandchildren, Callie (Levi) Allen, Paul (Amanda) West, | ||||||
| 4 | Victoria (Andrew) Wells, and Elizabeth West; his | ||||||
| 5 | great-grandchildren, Ben and Emilia Allen and Evelyn and Lucy | ||||||
| 6 | West, with Baby Wells on the way; his niece, Jane (Ed) Fussner; | ||||||
| 7 | and his nephew, David (Debby) Doubet; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | William Bruce "Bill" West Sr. and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 11 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 12 | him; and be it further | ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Bill West as an expression of our | ||||||
| 15 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||