Full Text of SR0226 101st 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 Louis E. "Louie" Lyons of Pontiac, who | 4 | | passed away on March 10, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Louie Lyons was born in Pontiac to Edward and | 6 | | Theresa McCarthy Lyons on September 26, 1931; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Louie Lyons began his career in insurance sales in | 8 | | 1954; he opened his own agency in 1962; he was elected as the | 9 | | Pontiac Township Supervisor in 1969, a position he held for 48 | 10 | | years until his retirement in 2017; he became a real estate | 11 | | broker in 1973 and opened Louis Lyons Realty in 1978; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Louie Lyons was active in many organizations; he | 13 | | was a member of the Livingston County Board from 1969 until | 14 | | 1978, serving as the board chairman the last two years; he | 15 | | helped organize the Livingston County Board of Realtors in 1979 | 16 | | and served as president in 1983; he was a member of the | 17 | | Humiston Trust Board, serving as chairman since 2006; he was | 18 | | named Realtor of the Year in 1983, Pontiac Businessman of the | 19 | | Year in 2010, and Citizen of the Year in 2004; he was a | 20 | | Mid-Central Community Action member and received the Community | 21 | | Services Award in 2002; he was a member of St. Mary's Catholic | 22 | | Church and the Pontiac Elks Club for over 60 years; he enjoyed |
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| 1 | | spending summers fishing for crappie on White Lake in Michigan; | 2 | | he and Kay were often seen "summer driving" in his 1971 Buick | 3 | | Skylark convertible on the Pontiac square and at Dairy Queen; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Louie Lyons was preceded in death by his parents | 6 | | and his brother, Gene Lyons; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Louie Lyons is survived by his wife of 65 years, | 8 | | Kay; his sons, Lon (Robin) Lyons, Larry (Maureen) Lyons, and | 9 | | Jim (Cindy) Lyons; his brothers, Owen (Patricia) Lyons and | 10 | | Harold "Pink" Lyons; his sisters, Frances Russow and Kathleen | 11 | | Rathbun; and his grandchildren, Matt (LB) Lyons, Kristin Lyons, | 12 | | Jamie (Robert) Langworthy, Jared Lyons, Kelsey Lyons, and Tyler | 13 | | Lyons; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Louis E. "Louie" Lyons and extend our sincere condolences to | 17 | | his 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 Louie Lyons as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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