Full Text of SR0653 94th General Assembly
SR0653 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Gerald | 4 |
| William Downey of Dongola, who passed away on February 5, 2006; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Downey was born on September 11, 1936, the son | 7 |
| of Thomas Frances and Genevieve Gertrude (Jewett) Downey; he | 8 |
| was married to Shirley Brown; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Downey served his country as a member of | 10 |
| the U.S. Air Force; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked as a dispatcher and was a life member of | 12 |
| the NRA; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Downey was a Catholic; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Downey was preceded in death by his | 15 |
| parents, his brothers, Wilbert and Robert, and his sisters, | 16 |
| Mary, Patricia Ann, and Genevieve; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gerald William Downey will be felt | 18 |
| by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Shirley; | 19 |
| his daughters and sons-in-law, Faith Louise and Luther Avery | 20 |
| Penley IV, Sheri Lee and Steven Lee Penley Sr., Tamara Saline | 21 |
| and Donald Gene Keen, Jacquelyn and Randall Robert Baldwin, and | 22 |
| Gwendelyn and Jerry Earl Fuller; his sons and daughters-in-law, | 23 |
| Sgt. William Scott Downey, Brian Charles Downey, Gerald Brett | 24 |
| and Shannon J. Downey, and Danny Ray and Rhonda Kay Wright; his | 25 |
| 22 grandchildren; his 13 great-grandchildren; his brothers, | 26 |
| Thomas and Theodore; his sister, Kathy Long; his sister-in-law, | 27 |
| Ramona Wright; his brothers-in-law and spouses, Gerald and Mary | 28 |
| Brown, Lonnie and Joyce Brown, Carolyn and Bob Coryell, Bert | 29 |
| and Arlene Brown, and Rocky and Sandy Brown; and his many other |
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| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 |
| all who knew and loved him, the death of Gerald William Downey; | 5 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Gerald William Downey as an | 8 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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