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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Francis Rees of Granite City, Illinois; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Francis Rees was born September 23, 1922 in 
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Granite City; he was a decorated veteran, serving in the United 
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States Navy during World War II, aboard the U.S.S. Guam and the 
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U.S.S. Sims; he married Mary Helen Bruck on June 6, 1946, at 
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St. Joseph Catholic Church in Granite City; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a general manager with the Suburban Journal 
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and the Salem Times Commoner, and recently retired from the 
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Troy Times Tribune; he was a member of the Illinois Press 
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Association and the Southern Illinois Editorial Association; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy 
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from St. Louis University, and continued his studies in 
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Philosophy and Theology; He loved nature, amateur photography, 
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jazz music, and playing the saxophone and clarinet; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Francis Rees is survived by his loving wife of 60 
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years, Mary Helen "Louise" Rees; his children, Ursula 
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Jostedt(husband, Mike), Joan Burks (husband, John), Donna 
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McCoy (husband, Lonnie), Tom Rees (wife, Debe), David Rees 
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(wife, Kathy), Mary Lou Lyerla (husband, Tim), Mark Rees (wife, 
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Felicia), Melanie Rees, Emily Rees (companion, Alexander 
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Wilson), Jean Marie Causey (companion, Doug Smith), Andrew Rees 
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(wife, Lisa), and Stephanie Squibb (husband, Dennis); his 30 
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grandchildren, Michael and Katie Jostedt, Emily Ellis, Sarah, 
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Zachary, and David Burks, Aaron, Nicholas, and Lindsey McCoy, 
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Tia, Thommy, Rachel, and Austin Rees, Megan Lyerla, Peter, 
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Alexander, Max and Molly Rees, Emily Claire and Evan Wilson, 
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Dominic Rees, Oliver, Madeline, and Jonathan Causey, Guinevere 
 


 






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and Douglas Smith, Andraya Rees, and Brooke, Mallory, and 
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Claire Squibb; his four great-grandchildren, Lewis, Mia 
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Claire, Isabella, and Dorian; and many nieces, nephews and 
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other extended family and friends; 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, along with 
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his family and friends, the death of Francis Rees; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Francis Rees.