Full Text of SR0115 101st 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 George Joseph Patterson Jr. of | 4 | | Bloomington, who passed away on January 31, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Patterson Jr. was born in Bloomington to | 6 | | George and Oleander Ross Patterson Sr. on August 30, 1944; he | 7 | | proudly served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War | 8 | | and was stationed in Germany; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, George Patterson Jr. worked for Eureka Williams | 10 | | for over 15 years; he then worked for Davis Cleaning for over | 11 | | 15 years and retired in 2010; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, George Patterson Jr. was a member of the Godfrey | 13 | | L. Miller Elks Lodge 1776 for over 45 years; he was an avid | 14 | | golfer and fisherman and enjoyed bowling; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, George Patterson Jr. was preceded in death by his | 16 | | parents and his brother, Ferdinand Patterson; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, George Patterson Jr. is survived by his siblings, | 18 | | Minnie (James) Patterson-Farris, Daniel (Marilyn) Patterson, | 19 | | and Willie Patterson; his nieces and nephews, Sylvia Neal, | 20 | | James L. (Drue) Farris, Christine E. (Leon) Sims, Keith A. |
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| 1 | | (Julie) Farris, Isaiah Farris, Nicholas Farris, Daniel LaTroy | 2 | | Patterson, Seneca Patterson, and Christopher Powell; his 22 | 3 | | great-nieces and great-nephews; his 19 great-great-nieces and | 4 | | great-great-nephews; his special friends, Wyatt and Bell | 5 | | Davis; and his many other family members and friends; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | George Joseph Patterson Jr. and extend our sincere condolences | 10 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of George Patterson Jr. as an | 14 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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