Full Text of SR0705 95th General Assembly
SR0705 95TH 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 Paul J. Stilwell of Godfrey, who passed | 4 |
| away on May 8, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born April 15, 1917, in Alton, the son of | 6 |
| Otto C. and Caroline (Hilt) Stilwell Sr.;
on December 10, 1939, | 7 |
| in Alton, he married the former Adeline M. Wilkening; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul Stilwell was a firefighter for the city of | 9 |
| Alton for 31 years and the fire chief from 1970 until retiring | 10 |
| in 1977; he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, | 11 |
| was an expert carpenter, loved hunting, was an avid Cardinal | 12 |
| fan, and enjoyed reading western novels; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in | 14 |
| Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 16 |
| brothers, Ralph L., Otto C. Jr., and Walter H. Stilwell; and | 17 |
| his sisters, Helen Smith, Dorothy Ford, and Gertrude Oettle; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, Paul Stilwell is survived by his wife, Adeline; | 20 |
| his two sons, Richard Paul Stilwell and his wife, Helen M., and |
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| Michael Stephen Stilwell and his girlfriend, Amanda Goon; his | 2 |
| grandchildren, Caroline Soo Stilwell, Joseph Paul Stilwell, | 3 |
| Jane E. Stilwell, and Evan M. Stilwell; his sister, Marian | 4 |
| Hill; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Paul J. Stilwell; and be | 8 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Paul J. Stilwell as a symbol of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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