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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Roy E. Bayless of Silvis, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on March 24, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless was born in Huntington, West Virginia | ||||||
| 6 | to James L. and Mary (Barrett) Bayless on February 7, 1925; he | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from high school in 1943; he served in the U.S. Navy | ||||||
| 8 | in the Pacific; he was discharged from the Navy in April 1946; | ||||||
| 9 | he married his high school sweetheart Betty Lou Preston in | ||||||
| 10 | Bowling Green, Ohio on April 28, 1946; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless was hired by the Airlines National | ||||||
| 12 | Terminal Service Company and the Airport Operations Company, | ||||||
| 13 | where he spent 13 years in various airport operation positions; | ||||||
| 14 | he left Willow Run, Michigan as Assistant Airport Manager for | ||||||
| 15 | the Airport Director position in Riverside, California in 1959; | ||||||
| 16 | while there, he was named Airport Manager of the Year; he | ||||||
| 17 | accepted the position of Director of Aviation in Austin, Texas | ||||||
| 18 | in 1974; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless served in a number of organizations | ||||||
| 20 | during his career; in Riverside, he was elected president of | ||||||
| 21 | the California Association of Airport Executives and served as | ||||||
| 22 | chairman of the Airport Administrators Council for three years; | ||||||
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| 1 | in Austin, he was elected president of the American Association | ||||||
| 2 | of Airport Executives (AAAE), was as a board member of the | ||||||
| 3 | Airport Operators Council International for four years, served | ||||||
| 4 | as chairman of the Aviation Advisory Committee for the Texas | ||||||
| 5 | Transportation Institute and Texas A&M University for nine | ||||||
| 6 | years, and was a member of the Austin Retirement Board for two | ||||||
| 7 | years; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless enjoyed fishing, especially with his | ||||||
| 9 | grandsons, at the family's home on Lake Wisconsin; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless is survived by his wife of 73 years, | ||||||
| 11 | Betty; his daughter, Marcia (Jeff) Gunderson; his son, Gregory | ||||||
| 12 | Bayless; his grandchildren, Marcus (Julie) Quaranta, Chad | ||||||
| 13 | (Julie) Quaranta, and Kelli Schafer; and his six | ||||||
| 14 | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Roy E. Bayless and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Roy Bayless as an expression of our | ||||||
| 22 | deepest sympathy.
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