Full Text of SR0031 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 Lyle E. Decker of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on December 11, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker was born to Charlie and Minnie (Hall) | 6 | | Decker in Burgess on March 9, 1932; he graduated from Aledo | 7 | | High School and then served in the U.S. Air Force during the | 8 | | Korean War; he was formerly married to Joyce Bewley; he later | 9 | | married Maxine Beasley Taylor in August of 1982; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker worked at Bear Manufacturing for 26 | 11 | | years until their closing; he later worked at Material | 12 | | Products and Tri-City Manufacturing for many years; he owned | 13 | | Decker's Welding and did upholstery work from his shop at | 14 | | home; he was a deputy sheriff with the Mercer County Sheriff | 15 | | Department and later for the Aledo Police Department; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker was a member of the Illinois Police | 17 | | Association; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker loved camping, fishing, playing pool | 19 | | at Maggie's Place in Reynolds, going to casinos with his | 20 | | daughters, and wintering in Arizona; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 | | his wife, Maxine; his grandson, Brandon Gehn; his brothers, | 3 | | Bert, Arvid, Lee, Charles, and Cletus Decker; and his sister, | 4 | | Lila Bloomfield; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker is survived by his daughters, | 6 | | Christine Palmer, Kathy (Kurt) Gehn, and Cindy Miller; his | 7 | | stepchildren, Albert "Butch" (Karen) Taylor and Sandy Conklin; | 8 | | his grandchildren, Deena Bradford, Tara Carr, Justin (Amy) | 9 | | Fowler, Honesty (Dewey) Trobaugh, Christopher (Trish) Reed, | 10 | | Kyle Tharp, Matthew (Micheala) Gehn, Sean Flynn, and Casey | 11 | | Flynn; his fourteen great-grandchildren; his two | 12 | | great-great-grandsons; and his numerous nieces, nephews, and | 13 | | additional family; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Lyle E. Decker and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 20 | | presented to the family of Lyle Decker as an expression of
our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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