Full Text of HR0753 94th General Assembly
HR0753 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of William | 4 |
| Thompson Roberts, 82, of Alton, on November 7, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in 1923 at Martins Ferry, Ohio, to | 6 |
| Byron and Ruth (Thompson) Roberts; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from the Lab School at the University | 8 |
| of Chicago, attended Indiana University, and studied at | 9 |
| Washington University in St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, He enlisted in the Marine Corps, served in the | 11 |
| Pacific during World War II, rose to the rank of Lieutenant, | 12 |
| and was involved in the surrender of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay | 13 |
| to end World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1949, Mr. Roberts opened a small | 15 |
| DeSoto-Plymouth dealership in Wood River and designated the | 16 |
| dealership Roberts Motors; and
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| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Roberts Motors expanded and | 18 |
| moved to the Alton area, where it became a | 19 |
| Chrysler-Plymouth-GMC truck dealership; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Roberts expanded in new directions when he | 21 |
| founded Roberts Leasing in 1961 and added to his business | 22 |
| holdings by his purchase of a Ford dealership in Wood River; | 23 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Roberts served the Alton-Wood River Auto | 25 |
| Dealers Association as its president and he shared his business | 26 |
| acumen with the Madison-St. Clair Dealers Association as a | 27 |
| member of the board of directors; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the advisory committee of Secretary | 2 |
| of State Jim Edgar and the National Chrysler-Plymouth Council | 3 |
| representing the St. Louis District; and
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| WHEREAS, As one of the founding members of Pride Inc., | 5 |
| Roberts was instrumental in establishing the driver's | 6 |
| education program at Alton High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Roberts was proud of his memberships in the River | 8 |
| Bend Growth Association, the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club, and the | 9 |
| Scottish Rite Masonic Order; and
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| WHEREAS, The memorial service for Mr. Roberts was held at | 11 |
| the First Presbyterian Church of Alton, where he was a trustee | 12 |
| and elder; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and his | 14 |
| brother, Bobby; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William Thompson Roberts is felt by | 16 |
| all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Sylvia Howard | 17 |
| Roberts; his daughter, Susan Elizabeth Roberts; his son, David | 18 |
| Roberts; his stepdaughter, Susan Trainor; and three | 19 |
| grandchildren, Kathryn Roberts, Jennifer Roberts, and Sarah | 20 |
| Trainor; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 |
| we mourn the passing of William Thompson Roberts and we extend | 24 |
| our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it | 25 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sympathy.
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