Full Text of HR1035 96th General Assembly
HR1035 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
HR1035 |
|
LRB096 21709 KXB 39319 r |
|
| 1 |
| HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Walter E. | 4 |
| Skilbeck of Springfield, who passed away on March 15, 2010; and
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, Walter Evans Skilbeck was born November 4, 1916, | 6 |
| in Trenton to Fred and Grace Hill Skilbeck; and
| 7 |
| WHEREAS, He married Juanita Ora Fricke on October 5, 1966; | 8 |
| following high school Walter served his country in the United | 9 |
| States Army as a PFC in Company E, 17th Regiment, Seventh | 10 |
| Infantry Division, during World War II; he was awarded 4 Bronze | 11 |
| Stars and a Purple Heart for campaigns in the South | 12 |
| Philippines, Ryukyus, and the Aleutian Islands; h was wounded | 13 |
| in Leyte, on December 25, 1944, and Okinawa on April 23, 1945; | 14 |
| and
| 15 |
| WHEREAS, After he returned home from serving his country, | 16 |
| he was a bus driver with Springfield Mass Transit, a mail | 17 |
| carrier for the United States Postal Service for 16 years | 18 |
| before retiring in 1980, and a paper carrier for The State | 19 |
| Journal-Register; he was a member of Calvary Temple Christian | 20 |
| Center; and
| 21 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; |
|
|
|
HR1035 |
- 2 - |
LRB096 21709 KXB 39319 r |
|
| 1 |
| his brothers, Howard and Carl; and his sisters, Eva, Goldie, | 2 |
| and Nelda; and
| 3 |
| WHEREAS, Walter Skilbeck is survived by his stepson, | 4 |
| Russell (wife, Linda) Dickerson; his son, David Skilbeck; his | 5 |
| brother-in-law, Frank Montalbano; his sister-in-law, Ruby | 6 |
| Skilbeck; his step-grandchildren, Matthew and Andrew; and | 7 |
| several nieces and nephews and several great-nieces and | 8 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
| 9 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Walter | 12 |
| Skilbeck; and be it further
| 13 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Walter Skilbeck as a symbol of our | 15 |
| sincere sympathy.
|
|