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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Donald L. Greer of Bethalto |
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| on Sunday, May 7, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 6, 1931, in Carbondale to |
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| Louie and Jennie (Ragle) Greer; he married the former Jean |
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| Brinkman on July 27, 1950, in Gillespie; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked for Owens-Illinois Glass Company for 34 |
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| years, retiring in 1984, and then worked at Sears for 10 years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Greer enjoyed woodcarving and Cardinals |
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| baseball and was a member of the Belleville Area Hoszchnitzers |
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| Woodcarvers Association; his passions were his grandchildren, |
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| great-grandchildren, and family; and
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| WHEREAS, Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by |
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| his sisters, Evalyn Smith, Juanita Groves, and Agnes Cooney; |
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| and his brother, Louie Raymond Greer; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Donald L. Greer has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his wife, Jean; his son, Donald E. |
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| Greer; his daughter and her husband, Joni and Dr. Fred Dressen; |
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| his grandchildren and their spouses, Jennifer Greer, Trisha |
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| (Greer) and Thomas Verstappen, Laura (Dressen) and Charles |
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| Hall, Gregory and Uma Dressen, Paul Dressen and his fiancee, |
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| Karla Espinoza, and Jill Dressen; his great-grandchildren, |
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| Amber, Katy, and Eden Hall, and Ava and Zoe Verstappen; and his |
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| sister and brother-in-law, Audre and Warner Coffman; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |