Full Text of SR0427 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
George William "Bill" Wilson of West | 4 | | Frankfort, who passed away on October 30, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born April 16, 1947 in Mount Vernon to | 6 | | George C. and Elouise Marshall Wilson; he was a graduate of | 7 | | Benton High School; he married Cathy Guminski on March 14, | 8 | | 1970; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army from 1967 to | 10 | | 1969; he worked with his father at Wilson Home Improvement | 11 | | Company before becoming a Franklin County deputy in 1974; he | 12 | | served as chief deputy from 1982 to 1990; he was elected | 13 | | sheriff of Franklin County in 1990 and served 5 consecutive | 14 | | terms, making him Franklin County's longest-serving sheriff, | 15 | | until his retirement in November 2010; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He served on several boards over the years, | 17 | | including the Rend Lake College Law Enforcement Advisory Board, | 18 | | the Illinois State Police Crime Laboratory's Advisory Board, | 19 | | the Southern Illinois Criminal Justice Training Board, the | 20 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, as past | 21 | | president of Mobile Training Unit 15, and as past president of | 22 | | the Southern Zone Sheriffs' Association; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was elected to the Illinois Sheriffs' | 2 | | Association Executive Board in 1999; he served in all offices | 3 | | and was sworn in as president in 2008; he served on many | 4 | | committees during his tenure, including at Southern Illinois | 5 | | University, Illinois State University, Rend Lake College, and | 6 | | John A. Logan College, to establish student internship programs | 7 | | for law enforcement; he assisted the superintendent of schools | 8 | | to establish a GED program for inmates during incarceration; | 9 | | assisted the Carbondale Women's Center with the Victim Witness | 10 | | Program; and he assisted in a certified training program for | 11 | | telecommunicators in advance of the emergency 911 systems; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was instrumental in securing the Franklin | 13 | | County Juvenile Detention Center; he was a member of American | 14 | | Legion Post 280 in Benton, where he had served as a past | 15 | | commander; the Moose Lodge in West Frankfort; the West | 16 | | Frankfort Area Democrats; and St. Mark's Episcopal Church; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and | 18 | | collector of baseball cards and memorabilia; he loved to watch | 19 | | his garden grow, enjoyed fishing and hunting, and during his | 20 | | last 2 years, loved spending his days with his "li'l buddy," | 21 | | Evan; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Mike; his |
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| 1 | | parents; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Zeig and | 2 | | Margaret Guminski; and his brothers-in-law, Cliff Cockrum and | 3 | | Jack Steinmetz; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, George Wilson is survived by his wife, Cathy; his | 5 | | daughter, Danalyn, and her husband, Dennis West; his grandsons, | 6 | | Harley and Evan West;
his sisters, Sally and her husband, Duane | 7 | | Revis, and Nancy Cockrum; his sister-in-law, Judy Steinmetz; | 8 | | his brother-in-law, Danny and his wife, Reetha Guminski; his | 9 | | nieces and nephews, Tracy Saffelder, Rodney Sailliez, Jason | 10 | | Revis, Michele Odle, Susan Cannon, Stacey Fitch, Danielle | 11 | | Walters, and Josh Guminski; aunts, Maxine Taylor and Lucille | 12 | | Yount; lifelong friend, Ron Vanhorn; and 30-year co-worker, | 13 | | Marsha Pappas, who became a trusted and valued friend and was | 14 | | considered a member of his family; therefore, be it | 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 | | his family and friends, the passing of George William "Bill" | 18 | | Wilson; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of George William "Bill" Wilson as an | 21 | | expression of our sympathy.
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