Full Text of SR0334 99th 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 Harold Eugene "Gene" Dixon of rural Mount | 4 | | Sterling, who passed away on March 21, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon was born in Quincy on June 23, 1936 to | 6 | | Edwin Albert and Lydia Ann Dorsey Dixon; he attended Grove | 7 | | School and graduated from Brown County High School in 1954;
he | 8 | | married Carlene Marrisco Husted on June 26, 1955 at the | 9 | | Presbyterian Church in Mount Sterling; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon traveled the tri-state area for Burrus | 11 | | Seed Farms, where he was regional sales manager for 35 years; | 12 | | he also worked as sales representative for Bowes Seal Fast; he | 13 | | hauled livestock for hire and operated his own auctioneer | 14 | | business; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon showed hogs and sheep at the Brown | 16 | | County Fair throughout his grade school and high school years | 17 | | and served as Section 13 Vice-President of his Future Farmers | 18 | | of America chapter; in the mid-1950s, he became interested in | 19 | | judging tractor pulls and was in charge of the first pull held | 20 | | at the Brown County Fair; in 1959, he began serving on the fair | 21 | | board, and, in 1984, he was named fair board President and | 22 | | continued as its leader for another 30 years until he retired |
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| 1 | | in 2013; in 2008, he received the Illinois County Fair Person | 2 | | of the Year Award; he served for almost 20 years on the | 3 | | Illinois Tractor Pullers Association Board, 9 of those years as | 4 | | President; he raised Standardbred horses and enjoyed watching | 5 | | them compete; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon served in many capacities, including | 7 | | with the Brown County School Board, the Farm Bureau, the Perry | 8 | | Cemetery Board, the Elkhorn Township Clerk, and Little League; | 9 | | he was also a member of the Hardin Lodge No. 44 Ancient Free & | 10 | | Accepted Masons, the Quincy Consistory, and the Shriners; | 11 | | earlier in life, he was a member of the Perry Methodist Church, | 12 | | and for the last 60 years, he was a devoted member of the Mount | 13 | | Sterling Presbyterian Church of Christ, where he served as | 14 | | elder; he served on the Mount Sterling Farmers State Bank and | 15 | | Trust Board of Directors for many years; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon loved taking his family mushroom | 17 | | hunting in the woods and teaching them to fish with a cane | 18 | | pole; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon was preceded in death by his parents; | 20 | | his brother, Jon Dixon; and his brother-in-law, Edward Husted; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Gene Dixon is survived by his wife of almost 60 |
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| 1 | | years, Carlene; his 3 children, Linda A. Dixon, Rhonda J. | 2 | | Jachino, and Michael (Angela) Dixon; his 4 grandchildren, Jared | 3 | | M. Jachino, Andrea J. Jachino, Regan A. Dixon, and Rylan M. | 4 | | Dixon; his sister-in-law, Sharon Dixon; and several nieces and | 5 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Harold Eugene "Gene" Dixon, and extend our sincere condolences | 9 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Gene Dixon as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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