Full Text of HR1292 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Leon | 4 | | Conner, who passed away on October 5, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was born on August 26, 1918 in | 6 | | Carthage, Texas; his parents were Marvin and Selma Thomas | 7 | | Conner; he married Odie Marie Leary on April 24, 1942 in | 8 | | Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner grew up on small farmhouse, where he | 10 | | was taught at an early age the importance of faith, family | 11 | | values, and education which he carried throughout his life; | 12 | | after graduating from high school, he moved to Chicago; in | 13 | | 1941, he settled in Maywood; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was drafted into the United States | 15 | | Army in August of 1942 during World War II; during his military | 16 | | career, he served as a First Sergeant and was responsible for | 17 | | training over 120 soldiers under his command while serving in | 18 | | Texas; after his honorable discharge in 1945, he returned to | 19 | | Maywood to be with his family; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was employed as a machinist at | 21 | | Commonwealth Edison, where he retired after 43 years of |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was very involved with the Maywood | 3 | | Village Board and local government organizations; he also | 4 | | worked with a host of community activists, politicians, and | 5 | | volunteer groups and donated to various charities and | 6 | | non-profit organizations; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was an organizing member of the | 8 | | Maywood branch of the NAACP, the Maywood Bataan Committee, the | 9 | | Maywood Zoning Committee, and American Legion Emanuel L. Young | 10 | | Post 838; he also served as Treasurer of the Christian Action | 11 | | Ministry, committeeman for the Proviso Leyden Council for | 12 | | Community Action, and co-founder of the Home and Neighborhood | 13 | | Defenders Society with his son, former Mayor Ralph Conner; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was a huge car enthusiast and enjoyed | 15 | | restoring old cars, listening to music, and reading classical | 16 | | and historical books; he also enjoyed traveling the country in | 17 | | his RV with his family; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, As a child, Leon Conner attended Mt. Zion | 19 | | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; he and his wife later | 20 | | joined Canaan African Methodist Episcopal Church and worshiped | 21 | | there for many years under Reverend Higgenbotham and Reverend | 22 | | J.W. James; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 | | 2 siblings, Inez Jones and Herese Bowman; his wife, Odie Marie; | 3 | | and 3 children, Thomas Earl, Ralph Wesley and Alva Cheryl; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Leon Conner is survived by 3 daughters, Joy, | 5 | | Marilyn, and Melody; a sibling, Vater Fite; 13 grandchildren; | 6 | | 15 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and | 7 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 11 | | Leon Conner; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Leon Conner as an expression of our | 14 | | sympathy.
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