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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened |
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| to learn of the death of George Killion of Godfrey on March 26, |
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| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, George Killion was born on June 22, 1928, in |
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| Carlyle to George and Rose (Glass) Killion Sr.; he married the |
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| former Sylvia D. Jones; and
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| WHEREAS,
He received his education in Carlyle and was a |
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| United States Army Korean War veteran; he was employed in the |
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| wire mill department at Laclede Steel Company for 44 years, |
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| retiring in 1994; he was a bus driver for Principia College for |
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| seven years, and also for Laidlaw in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Killion was a charter member of Unity |
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| Fellowship Church in Godfrey; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of George Killion will be deeply felt |
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| by many especially his wife, Sylvia; his two sons and |
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| daughter-in-law, Kenneth Killion and Michael and Macarolyn |
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| Killion; his four daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathleen and |
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| Tecumshea Holmes, Diana and Thomas Leonard, Patricia North, and |
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| Rose and Frederic Almond; his 13 grandchildren; his three |
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| great-grandchildren; his sister, Lydia Reddick; and a host of |
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| nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends; and be it further
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| WHEREAS,
He was preceded in death by his parents and a |
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| sister, Juanita Alexander; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| George Killion along with all who knew and loved him and extend |
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| our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it |
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| further
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