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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
Alton L. Gill, Sr. who passed away on |
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| April 17, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. was born on December 20, 1914 |
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| in Brookhaven, Mississippi; he was born to the union of John |
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| Gill and Ruth Carter; he married Celestine Bunch on November |
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| 20, 1936; and
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| WHEREAS, After relocating to Chicago from Mississippi as a |
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| child, Alton L. Gill, Sr. began his education at Doolittle |
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| Grammar School and Oakland Grammar School, before moving on to |
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| St. Elizabeth High School and graduating at Wendell Philip High |
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| School; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. was employed at Northwestern |
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| Railroad as a Pullman porter in the dining room car for over 20 |
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| years; as a child, he served as an apprentice at Joe Horowitz |
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| Meat Market in the Bronzeville neighborhood; his |
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| apprenticeship enabled him to pursue his dream of establishing |
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| his own business, a supermarket in Griffith, Indiana; he also |
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| pursued farming in Michigan and became an agricultural |
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| entrepreneur, raising farm animals and crops which he later |
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| sold in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. served his country with pride |
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| and distinction as a member of the Illinois National Guard for |
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| nine years; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. enjoyed ballroom dancing, |
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| fishing, and collecting coins; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. accepted Christ at an early |
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| age; he would later join the Catholic Church through the St. |
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| Columbanus Parish and serve as a long-time member of St. |
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| Dorothy Catholic Church and St. Dorothy's Holy Name Society; in |
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| his later years, he attended St. Sabina while living as a |
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| resident of the St. Sabina Elders Village; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. is survived by his children, |
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| Alton Jr. (Madeline) and LaVergne (Bob); his grandchildren, |
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| Lynette (Bruce), Adam, Aaron (Malikah), and Robert; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Bruce, Jr., Naimah, Noah, and Dakari; his |
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| stepsons, Bill (Shirley) and John; and his many loving cousins |
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| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 passing of Alton L. Gill, Sr.; and |
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| be it further
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