Full Text of SR0364 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Danny Ray Day Sr. of Dixon, who passed | 4 | | away on September 29, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Danny Ray Day Sr. was born December 23, 1946, in | 6 | | Jellico, Tennessee; he was the son of Kernie and Iva | 7 | | (Huddleston) Day; he married Glenda Boyd on August 13, 1966, in | 8 | | Dixon; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, At an early age, Danny Ray Day Sr. and his family | 10 | | moved to Kincaid; he grew up helping his father work the farm; | 11 | | in 1964, he moved to Dixon and began working at Dixon | 12 | | Publishing (later Dixonweb), where he remained until his | 13 | | retirement in 1983; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1966, Danny Ray Day Sr. enlisted in the United | 15 | | States Army; he served as a helicopter mechanic with the 67th | 16 | | Aviation Company, VII Corps and was stationed at Stuttgart, | 17 | | Germany and White Sands, New Mexico; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Danny Ray Day Sr. had a great interest in cars, | 19 | | especially hot rods; he was the owner of a 1951 Chevy, a 1951 | 20 | | Ford convertible, and a 1956 Ford two-door hard top; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Danny Ray Day Sr. attended Harvest Time Bible | 2 | | Church and Lincoln Avenue Church of God; he was also a member | 3 | | of the Ben Caudill Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, | 4 | | the Sauk Valley Civil War Round Table, the Rock River Valley | 5 | | Civil War Round Table, and the Dixon Golden Kiwanis Club; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Danny Ray Day Sr. was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; his sisters, Mahala Dunbar and Millie White; and his | 8 | | brother, Bobby Day; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Danny Ray Day Sr. is survived by his wife, Glenda | 10 | | Day; his sons, Danny (Lenae) Day Jr., Darin (Debbie) Day, and | 11 | | Dion (Tasha) Day; his daughter, Roxanne (Ken) Owens; his | 12 | | grandchildren, Whitney, Shadow, Kamerin, Kaylee, Dariyn, | 13 | | Drevin, Daehly, Dreyden, Raven, and Harvest; his | 14 | | great-granddaughter, Taylor; his sisters, Kathleen Siler, | 15 | | Imogene Dowdell, and Lucille Sullivan; and his brother, Jack | 16 | | Day; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 | | his family and friends, the passing of Danny Ray Day Sr.; and | 20 | | be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Danny Ray Day Sr. as an expression |
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| 1 | | of our sympathy.
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