Full Text of HJR0026 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | 3 | | Assembly pay respect to the life of Eldon C. "Twirp" Williams | 4 | | Jr. by honoring him with a memorial highway in Godfrey; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. passed away on October 16, | 6 | | 2018 at the
age of 87; he was born on August 5, 1931 in Alton | 7 | | in Madison
County to Eldon C. Williams Sr. and Patricia | 8 | | McGuiggan; he married
Jackie Wohlert on July 25, 1991; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. worked in Godfrey in Madison | 10 | | County as the tax assessor for 40
years; he was a realtor at | 11 | | Landmark Realty and an Air Force veteran; he served as a member | 12 | | on the Godfrey Village Board and was a member of St. Peter and | 13 | | Paul
Catholic Church; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. was preceded in death by his | 15 | | son, Jonathan Williams; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. is survived by his wife, | 17 | | Jackie Williams; his brother, Terry Williams; his daughters, | 18 | | Jill Williams, Joy Phillippi, Jan Williams, JoEllen Archerd, | 19 | | Jean Ann Parks, and Jenny
Kadow; his stepchildren, Doug | 20 | | Wohlert and Becky Branum;
several nieces and nephews; 11 | 21 | | grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. was not only loved dearly by | 2 | | his friends and family but was also an esteemed
citizen and | 3 | | respected member of Madison County, who had his life | 4 | | tragically taken before his time; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 7 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | 8 | | Illinois Route 111 along Godfrey Road from Stamper Lane to | 9 | | Crestwood Drive as the "Eldon 'Twirp' Williams Memorial | 10 | | Highway"; and be it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 12 | | is requested to erect at suitable
locations, consistent with | 13 | | State and federal highway regulations, appropriate plaques or | 14 | | signs
giving notice of the name of the "Eldon 'Twirp' Williams | 15 | | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Eldon Williams Jr., the Secretary | 18 | | of the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Mayor of
| 19 | | the Village of Godfrey.
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