Full Text of SR0072 97th 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 Richard A. Cannon, who passed away on | 4 | | February 3, 2011 in Brighton; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on February 16, 1931, in Coffeen, the | 6 | | son of Roy and Grace K. (Donaldson) Cannon; he married Neil K. | 7 | | Wilhelm on July 14, 1956, at the First Baptist Church in Upper | 8 | | Alton; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was a United States Navy veteran and served in | 10 | | the Korean Conflict; he was stationed on the USS Salsbury Sound | 11 | | as a machinist mate; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He worked for Owens-Illinois Glass as a machinist | 13 | | for 41 years and retired in 1992; he was a member of the Golden | 14 | | Emblem Club with Owens-Illinois Glass; he enjoyed hunting, | 15 | | fishing and spending time with his family and friends; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; six | 17 | | brothers; and two sisters; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Richard Cannon is survived by his wife, Neil | 19 | | Cannon; his two sons and daughters-in-law, James and Brenda | 20 | | Cannon and David and Stephanie Cannon; his daughter and |
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| 1 | | son-in-law, Janet and Henry Hoehn; his grandchildren and their | 2 | | spouses, Jake and Ginny Cannon, Matt and Emily Cannon, Danielle | 3 | | and Larry Linville, Lisa Malson, Denise and Todd Vaughan, and | 4 | | Eric Hoehn; his 11 great-grandchildren, Gennasee, Deklan and | 5 | | Wyatt Cannon, Victoria Skelton, Jordan and Donny Linville, | 6 | | Tristan Malson, Quinten and Abigail Vaughan, and Samantha and | 7 | | Maxwell Hoehn; and his siblings, Doris Anderson, Grace | 8 | | Giddings, Bill Cannon, James Cannon, and Laurel Cannon; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Cannon; and be | 13 | | it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Richard Cannon as a symbol of our | 16 | | sincere sympathy.
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