Full Text of SR1097 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 Roy E. Bayless of Silvis, who passed away | 4 | | on March 24, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless was born in Huntington, West Virginia | 6 | | to James L. and Mary (Barrett) Bayless on February 7, 1925; he | 7 | | graduated from high school in 1943; he served in the U.S. Navy | 8 | | in the Pacific; he was discharged from the Navy in April 1946; | 9 | | he married his high school sweetheart Betty Lou Preston in | 10 | | Bowling Green, Ohio on April 28, 1946; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless was hired by the Airlines National | 12 | | Terminal Service Company and the Airport Operations Company, | 13 | | where he spent 13 years in various airport operation positions; | 14 | | he left Willow Run, Michigan as Assistant Airport Manager for | 15 | | the Airport Director position in Riverside, California in 1959; | 16 | | while there, he was named Airport Manager of the Year; he | 17 | | accepted the position of Director of Aviation in Austin, Texas | 18 | | in 1974; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless served in a number of organizations | 20 | | during his career; in Riverside, he was elected president of | 21 | | the California Association of Airport Executives and served as | 22 | | chairman of the Airport Administrators Council for three years; |
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| 1 | | in Austin, he was elected president of the American Association | 2 | | of Airport Executives (AAAE), was as a board member of the | 3 | | Airport Operators Council International for four years, served | 4 | | as chairman of the Aviation Advisory Committee for the Texas | 5 | | Transportation Institute and Texas A&M University for nine | 6 | | years, and was a member of the Austin Retirement Board for two | 7 | | years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless enjoyed fishing, especially with his | 9 | | grandsons, at the family's home on Lake Wisconsin; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Roy Bayless is survived by his wife of 73 years, | 11 | | Betty; his daughter, Marcia (Jeff) Gunderson; his son, Gregory | 12 | | Bayless; his grandchildren, Marcus (Julie) Quaranta, Chad | 13 | | (Julie) Quaranta, and Kelli Schafer; and his six | 14 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Roy E. Bayless and extend our sincere condolences to his | 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Roy Bayless as an expression of our | 22 | | deepest sympathy.
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