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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 William Kevin "Bill" |
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| Connell of Alton on Friday, May 12, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on September 8, 1927, in Alton to |
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| William Kevin and Marie (Delehanty) Connell Sr.; he married |
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| Irene Gertrude Moore on September 3, 1949; she preceded him in |
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| death on January 3, 1983; he married Margene (Dunn) Wade on |
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| April 12, 1985, at St. Matthews Catholic Church in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated in 1945 from Marquette Catholic High |
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| School in Alton and went on to attend Saint Louis University; |
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| he valiantly served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy |
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| during World War II and the Korean War; and
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| WHEREAS, Before his retirement in 1986 from customer |
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| services, Mr. Connell was employed for 40 years at Shell Oil |
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| Refinery in Wood River; he was a long-time member of the former |
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| Saint Matthews Catholic Church, where he proudly served as an |
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| usher and on the parish board and Saint Vincent DePaul Society; |
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| he was a charter member of A.V.E.C. (Alton Volunteer Emergency |
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| Corps), a third-degree member of the Knights of Columbus Alton |
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| Council 460, and was a member of Kiwanis International; he was |
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| active in the Alton Centennial and Sesquicentennial and enjoyed |
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| square-dancing with the Jersey County Squares; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William Kevin "Bill" Connell has |
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| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Margene; his son |
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| and daughter-in-law, Michael Kevin and Jane Connell; his |
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| stepdaughter and her husband, Ronda and Ron Bell; his stepson |
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| and his wife, Ed and Melanie Wade; his 11 grandchildren; his |
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| brothers and sister-in-law, James Connell and Richard and |
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| Gloria Connell; and his numerous nieces and nephews, other |
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| extended family, and many friends; in addition to his wife and |