Full Text of SR0147 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 Robert Gillis of Bloomington, who passed | 4 | | away on March 22, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born September 8, 1927, in Bloomington, the | 6 | | son of Ruel and Hulda Hanell Gillis; he married Josephine M. | 7 | | Pickett on February 18, 1950, in Decatur; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He was an active member of the West Twin Grove | 9 | | Christian Church in Bloomington; he worked at Ralston Purina | 10 | | Company for 37 years and farmed in rural Bloomington and raised | 11 | | livestock and sheep; he was well known locally and nationally | 12 | | throughout the sheep industry where he had made many friends; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army; he was a | 15 | | supporter of 4-H and was a former superintendent and judge at | 16 | | the fair; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; | 18 | | his brother, Jack; and his son-in-law, Jerry Bryant; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Gillis is survived by his children, Marcia | 20 | | (Doug) Olson, Bill (Phyllis) Gillis, Connie Bryant, and Barb |
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| 1 | | (Aaron) Quick; his grandchildren, Aaron Olson, Kirstin | 2 | | (Nathan) Hawley, Jenny Gillis, Pam Gillis, Ron Gillis, Jacob | 3 | | (Kelly) Vial, and Molly (Brandon) Laue; his great-grandson, | 4 | | Charlie Hawley; his sister, Dorothy Basting; and many nieces | 5 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Gillis; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Robert Gillis as a symbol of our | 12 | | sincere sympathy.
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