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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Walter T. Perkins, Jr. of Harvard, who
4passed away on May 7, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Walter Perkins, Jr. was born on August 20, 1931 in
6Fayette County, Kentucky; his parents were Walter and Alice
7(nee Adair) Perkins, Sr.; he married Elva Jean Riley on May 28,
81967 in Cincinnati, Ohio; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Walter Perkins, Jr. proudly served his country as
10a member of the United States Air Force; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Walter Perkins, Jr. was employed as an automobile
12mechanic at City Chevrolet in Chicago for many years; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Walter Perkins, Jr. enjoyed watching old westerns
14and eating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Three Musketeers
15bars; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Walter Perkins, Jr. was preceded in death by his
17wife and several brothers and sisters; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Walter Perkins, Jr. is survived by a daughter,
19Elva (Daniel) Sedlock; 2 grandchildren, Latasha (Mike) and

 

 

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1Lindora (John); 3 great-grandchildren, Taylor Olivia, Wyatt
2Thomas, and Mason Patrick; a daughter-in-law, Lisa Alonzo; and
3his special friends, John and Evelyn Barnett; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Walter T. Perkins,
7Jr.; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Walter Perkins, Jr. as an expression
10of our sympathy.