|
|
|
|
SR0863 |
|
LRB094 21915 KXB 60365 r |
|
|
| 1 |
| SENATE RESOLUTION
|
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 |
| learn of the death of Leon Welch, who passed away on November |
| 4 |
| 8, 2006; and
|
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, Leon Welch was born July 24, 1936 to Sam and |
| 6 |
| Geanie Welch in Anniston, Alabama; he was one of eight |
| 7 |
| children; and
|
| 8 |
| WHEREAS, He attended Cobb High School where he met Margaret |
| 9 |
| Ann Dobbins, who became his wife; they were married for 49 |
| 10 |
| years and from their union Lisa Darlene and Kathryn Virginia |
| 11 |
| were born; and
|
| 12 |
| WHEREAS, They moved from Anniston to Chicago in 1958 where |
| 13 |
| he worked as a longshoreman for Local 19 for more than thirty |
| 14 |
| years; he later furthered his education, and was the founder of |
| 15 |
| Acetronics Burglar Alarm Systems; he retired as a longshoreman |
| 16 |
| and from his business when his health began to challenge him in |
| 17 |
| 1993; and
|
| 18 |
| WHEREAS, Leon Welch is survived by his wife, Margaret Ann |
| 19 |
| Welch; his daughters, Lisa Welch-Austin (Dwight Austin, |
| 20 |
| son-in-law) and Kathryn Welch; his sister, Eunice Jean Murphy |
| 21 |
| (Calvin Murphy, brother-in-law); his brother, J. C. Welch; his |
| 22 |
| grandson, Dwight Leander Austin; his brother-in-law, John |
| 23 |
| Bradford, Jr.; his nieces, Queen Welch and Libra Murphy; his |
| 24 |
| nephews, Charles Welch, Leander Murphy, Keyon Welch, and |
| 25 |
| Rashard Welch; his great nephew, Bashiri Williams; and a host |
| 26 |
| of extended family and close friends; and
|
| 27 |
| WHEREAS, Leon Welch was preceded in death by his mother and |
| 28 |
| father, Geanie Welch and Sam Welch, Sr.; his brothers, Sam and |
| 29 |
| Calvin Welch; his sisters, Jessie Welch, Kathryn Welch, and |
| 30 |
| Ethel Welch-Huff; therefore, be it
|