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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Alfred William Wilson, Jr. of North 
4Chicago, who passed away on January 8, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. was born in Waukegan on 
6November 17, 1934 to Alfred W. Wilson, Sr. and Edna White; he 
7served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Mechanic 
8during the Korean War, receiving an Honorable Discharge; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. retired from Abbott 
10Laboratories in 1983; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. was very active in the North 
12Chicago Community, participating in the Saturday Nite Live 
13Bowling League and the North Shore Duffers (golf) Club; he 
14served as a North Chicago Board of Education District 64 
15member, the first President of the North Chicago Boys' Baseball 
16Organization, as President of the North Chicago Rotary Club 
17from 1976 to 1977, a United Way Board of Directors member from 
181976 to 1981, and as a member of the Heart Association of Lake 
19County in 1975; and
  
 
  
20    WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. is survived by his  wife of 58 
21years, Loretta; his children, Dianna (Herman) Parker, Alfred 
 
 
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1(Kathy) W. Wilson, IV, Cynthia Wilson, and Laon Wilson; his 
2mother, Edna Schroeder; his 4 siblings; his 7 grandchildren; 
3his 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; 
4therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
7Alfred William Wilson, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences 
8to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be 
9it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to the family of Alfred Wilson, Jr. as an expression 
12of our deepest sympathy.