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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Melvin Thornhill Sr. of Gillespie, who |
| 4 | | passed away on April 2, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Thornhill Sr. was born in Alton to Huebert |
| 6 | | Thornhill and Hilda (Dittmeyer) on November 17, 1930; he served |
| 7 | | in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict as a |
| 8 | | signal man and telegraph specialist; he married Betty Rose
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| 9 | | Griffin in Alton on June 24, 1961; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Thornhill Sr. worked in maintenance for |
| 11 | | McDonnell Douglas for 23 years; he also worked for Western |
| 12 | | Military Academy in Alton in 1948, the Usher State Street |
| 13 | | Theater in Alton, the Olin Glass Co., and The Coliseum in |
| 14 | | Benld; he
was a self-employed painter; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Thornhill Sr. was a member of the American |
| 16 | | Legion in Bunker Hill; he was a Little League and soccer coach, |
| 17 | | and enjoyed fishing and
the outdoors; he loved his grandkids |
| 18 | | and was a family man; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Thornhill Sr. was preceded in death by his |
| 20 | | wife, Betty; his parents; his son, William Joseph Thornhill; |
| 21 | | one brother; his 10 sisters; and
his granddaughter, Heather |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Thornhill Sr. is survived by his children, |
| 3 | | Gary (Christy) Thornhill, Melvin (Kim) Thornhill, and Carla and |
| 4 | | (Kurt) Kozak; his grandchildren, Nathan Thornhill, Justine |
| 5 | | Thornhill, Kayla Thornhill, Joshua Kozak, Amanda Kozak, |
| 6 | | Nicolas
Thornhill, William Thornhill, Samantha Larimore, |
| 7 | | Alisha Horan, and Bayleigh Thornhill; his great-grandchildren, |
| 8 | | Colton, Mason,
Adelin, Jase, Logan, Jayden, Landon, Lakin, and |
| 9 | | Austin; his sibling, Chicky Bailey; his sister-in-law, |
| 10 | | Florence
Griffin; his brother-in-law, Louis Sommars; and |
| 11 | | numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 14 | | Melvin Thornhill Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 16 | | further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Melvin Thornhill Sr. as an |
| 19 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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