Full Text of SR0842 94th General Assembly
SR0842 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Francis Rees of Granite City, Illinois; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, Francis Rees was born September 23, 1922 in | 6 |
| Granite City; he was a decorated veteran, serving in the United | 7 |
| States Navy during World War II, aboard the U.S.S. Guam and the | 8 |
| U.S.S. Sims; he married Mary Helen Bruck on June 6, 1946, at | 9 |
| St. Joseph Catholic Church in Granite City; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a general manager with the Suburban Journal | 11 |
| and the Salem Times Commoner, and recently retired from the | 12 |
| Troy Times Tribune; he was a member of the Illinois Press | 13 |
| Association and the Southern Illinois Editorial Association; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy | 16 |
| from St. Louis University, and continued his studies in | 17 |
| Philosophy and Theology; He loved nature, amateur photography, | 18 |
| jazz music, and playing the saxophone and clarinet; and
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| WHEREAS, Francis Rees is survived by his loving wife of 60 | 20 |
| years, Mary Helen "Louise" Rees; his children, Ursula | 21 |
| Jostedt(husband, Mike), Joan Burks (husband, John), Donna | 22 |
| McCoy (husband, Lonnie), Tom Rees (wife, Debe), David Rees | 23 |
| (wife, Kathy), Mary Lou Lyerla (husband, Tim), Mark Rees (wife, | 24 |
| Felicia), Melanie Rees, Emily Rees (companion, Alexander | 25 |
| Wilson), Jean Marie Causey (companion, Doug Smith), Andrew Rees | 26 |
| (wife, Lisa), and Stephanie Squibb (husband, Dennis); his 30 | 27 |
| grandchildren, Michael and Katie Jostedt, Emily Ellis, Sarah, | 28 |
| Zachary, and David Burks, Aaron, Nicholas, and Lindsey McCoy, | 29 |
| Tia, Thommy, Rachel, and Austin Rees, Megan Lyerla, Peter, | 30 |
| Alexander, Max and Molly Rees, Emily Claire and Evan Wilson, | 31 |
| Dominic Rees, Oliver, Madeline, and Jonathan Causey, Guinevere |
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| and Douglas Smith, Andraya Rees, and Brooke, Mallory, and | 2 |
| Claire Squibb; his four great-grandchildren, Lewis, Mia | 3 |
| Claire, Isabella, and Dorian; and many nieces, nephews and | 4 |
| other extended family and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the death of Francis Rees; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Francis Rees.
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