Full Text of SR0141 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Lewis John Olson of Silvis, who passed | 4 | | away on March 2, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lewis Olson was born in Sublette to John and | 6 | | Hannah (Englund) Olson on August 26, 1921; he resided in | 7 | | Zearing, Kasbeer, and Princeton in Bureau County for 83 years | 8 | | of his life; he served in the U.S. Army in the 25th Division | 9 | | and received two bronze stars; he spent the first of his | 10 | | 17-months overseas in the Philippines before the Occupation | 11 | | Forces arrived in Japan; he married Mary Cass at the Dover | 12 | | Congregational Church on June 12, 1949, and she preceded him | 13 | | in death on August 30, 2012; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Lewis Olson worked in the grain elevator business | 15 | | for 35 years; he began as the one-man operator of Arlington | 16 | | Grain Co.'s Zearing branch for 5 years; he served as manager of | 17 | | the Kasbeer Farmer's Elevator from 1951 to 1960 and the Putnam | 18 | | Grain Co. from 1960 to 1967; he bought a small farm west of | 19 | | Lena and worked at Lena Builders from 1967 to 1969; he returned | 20 | | as manager of the Kasbeer Elevator, where he worked from 1969 | 21 | | to 1983; after retiring from the elevator business, he was | 22 | | self-employed with his son for 3 years; during his last 3 | 23 | | working years, he was a delivery route driver for Princeton's |
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| 1 | | Crescent Electric; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lewis Olson was a longtime member of the First | 3 | | Methodist Church in Princeton; he was a 24-year member of the | 4 | | Metro-Center, where he walked regularly; he played in softball | 5 | | and bowling leagues in his younger years, enjoyed pitching | 6 | | horseshoes, and never grew tired of going to auctions; he | 7 | | loved his family and spending time with them; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Lewis Olson was preceded in death by his wife of | 9 | | 63 years; his parents; his daughter, Sue C. Brummett; his | 10 | | grandson, Justin Brummett; and his sister, Florence (Robert) | 11 | | Standley; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lewis Olson is survived by his son, Kent Olson; | 13 | | his grandchildren, Chad Brummett and Aimee Brummett; his six | 14 | | great-grandchildren; and his nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 15 | | it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Lewis John Olson and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Lewis Olson as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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