Full Text of SR0491 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 Leon Edward Seay of Gurnee, who passed | 4 | | away on May 15, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leon Seay was born in Hurst-Busch to Edgar and | 6 | | Bessie (Myers) Seay on December 12, 1936; after high school, he | 7 | | served in the United States Coast Guard; he later served in the | 8 | | Coast Guard Reserves and finally in the Coast Guard Auxiliary; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Leon Seay worked for the North Shore Gas Company | 11 | | for over 35 years; in 1969, he established the Gas Appliance | 12 | | Service Company, which he operated until 1996; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Leon Seay was a member of the Waukegan Jaycees, | 14 | | the Gurnee American Legion Post 771, and the Lake County | 15 | | Recovery Divers Association; he participated in both the | 16 | | Waukegan and Gurnee Citizen's Police Academies; he was a Free | 17 | | Mason, Anchor and Ark Lodge in Waukegan for the past 47 years; | 18 | | he enjoyed fishing on Lake Michigan and constantly tended to | 19 | | the birds and his garden; he loved his family and nature and | 20 | | had a strong faith; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Leon Seay was preceded in death by his father, |
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| 1 | | Edgar Seay; his mother, Bessie Billot and her husband, Frank; | 2 | | his brother, Master Sergeant Bobby D. Seay; and his | 3 | | grandchildren, Ashley Seay and Derek Anderson; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Leon Seay is survived by his children, Victoria | 5 | | (Robert) Elbrecht, Leon R. Seay and his partner, Roberta | 6 | | Rutter, Carol Rommel, Shari (Peter Markiewicz) Seay, and | 7 | | Michael (Shannon) Seay; his wife, Millie, and her children, | 8 | | Rose, Susan, Ricky, and Cindy; his grandchildren, Brooke, Mark, | 9 | | Dana, Shannon, Bobby, Andrea, Shelby, Erich, Cheyenne, Sofia, | 10 | | Michael, Danny, Melissa, and Nicole; and his | 11 | | great-grandchildren, Braiden, Scarlet, Gregory, Brilee, and | 12 | | Sloane; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Leon Edward Seay and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Leon Seay as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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