Full Text of SR0367 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 Louis Edward Whitsell of Pontoon Beach, | 4 | | who passed away on September 13, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Granite City on July 30, 1936; he | 6 | | lived in Pontoon Beach most of his life until he retired and | 7 | | moved in 1999 to a mini farm in Worden; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He graduated from Granite City High School in | 9 | | 1955; he served in United States Marine Corps Reserves from | 10 | | 1957 to 1962; he attended Southern Illinois University in | 11 | | Edwardsville and Lincoln Tech; he was a Tool and Die Maker for | 12 | | 46 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was very active in politics and the Democratic | 14 | | party; he held elected office in many positions in Madison | 15 | | County, Nameoki Township, and Pontoon Beach; from 1968 to 1999 | 16 | | he served in different capacities as a Supervisor, County Board | 17 | | Member, Clerk, Treasurer, Alderman, Comptroller, Highway | 18 | | Superintendent, Precinct Committeeman; he was a member of | 19 | | Masonic Lodge 877, the Lions Club, and the Township Officials | 20 | | of Illinois; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in his death by his mother, Louise |
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| 1 | | (Frazier) Whitsell; his father; Elmon Whitsell; his sisters, | 2 | | Edith Whitsell McClusky and Mary Lou (Whitsell) Smith; his | 3 | | brother, David Whitsell; and his grandchild, Chad Petrillo; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Louis Whitsell is survived by his wife, Dell | 5 | | (O'Brian) Whitsell; his daughters, Debra and Mercie Mendoza, | 6 | | Deanna (Whitsell) Spears, Cindy Stoner, Susan Sparks, and | 7 | | Judith and Lance Haynes; his sisters, Shirley (Whitsell) Sims, | 8 | | Sandy (Whitsell) Riffey, and Ginny (Whitsell) Bettis; his | 9 | | brother, Jimmy Whitsell; his grandchildren, Natalie | 10 | | (Zimmerman) Furniss, Jessica (Jones) Daniels, Samuel Stoner, | 11 | | Mallory Stoner, Molly Haynes, and Zackary Louis Sparks; and his | 12 | | great-grandchildren, Callie Daniels and Ava Daniels; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 | | his family and friends, the passing of Louis Whitsell; and be | 17 | | it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Louis Whitsell as a symbol of our | 20 | | sincere sympathy.
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