Full Text of SR0248 94th General Assembly
SR0248 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Denzil R. Walker of Herrin | 4 |
| on Friday, May 13, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 12, 1933, in Herrin, to Floyd | 6 |
| "Grassy" and Fern (Compton) Walker; he was a standout football | 7 |
| player at Herrin High School in the 1950s and was a member of | 8 |
| the Class of 1951; he was inducted into the Herrin High School | 9 |
| Hall of Fame in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Adeline (Toigo) in Marion on November | 11 |
| 13, 1964; he was the retired vice president, CEO of the Bank of | 12 |
| Herrin and a longtime Herrin businessman, retiring in 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Walker valiantly served his country as a | 14 |
| member of the U.S. Army during the Korean War; he was a member | 15 |
| of the Herrin Elks, Pigion Inn, the American Legion, Rotary | 16 |
| Club, the Herrin Chamber of Commerce, First United Methodist | 17 |
| Church, and he served on the Herrin Civic Center Board; he | 18 |
| enjoyed golfing at Franklin County Country Club and Crab | 19 |
| Orchard Golf Course; and
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| WHEREAS, He was very active in the Herrin community and | 21 |
| played an important role in numerous projects, including | 22 |
| helping to organize the Herrinfesta Italiana Golf Tournament; | 23 |
| volunteer work was a way of life for him; in 2001, he was | 24 |
| honored by the Herrin Spokesman as one of the area's Unsung | 25 |
| Heroes; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Denzil R. Walker has been deeply | 27 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Adeline Walker; his | 28 |
| daughters, Delina and her husband Peter Nugent, Holly and her | 29 |
| husband Vern Larkin, and Kelly King; his six grandchildren; his | 30 |
| one great-grandchild; his brothers, Jerry and his wife Joyce |
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| Walker and Gordon and his wife Sylvia Walker; and his many | 2 |
| aunts, cousins, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, and | 3 |
| nephews; he was preceded in death by his parents; therefore, be | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Denzil R. Walker, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 12 |
| sympathy.
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