Full Text of SR1097 100th 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 Jimmie Walfrid "Gus" Gustafson of Coal | 4 | | Valley, who passed away on November 1, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was born in Osco to Erick Walfrid | 6 | | and Esther Catherine Vigor Gustafson on October 10, 1935; he | 7 | | married Joan Bernice Painter in Geneseo on October 22, 1960; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was proud to have served as a | 10 | | radar operator and paratrooper in the United States Army during | 11 | | the Korean War; he worked for Montgomery Elevator Company for | 12 | | over 29 years and retired as lead wireman; after his | 13 | | retirement, he built and sold homes for Advance Homes, co-owned | 14 | | G&L Auto Care, and owned Gather Inn and Miss Moo's Video and | 15 | | Tanning; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was a member of the First | 17 | | Presbyterian Church and Kone Retirees; he was an avid golfer | 18 | | and semi-professional bowler; he loved people and never met a | 19 | | stranger; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was preceded in death by his | 21 | | parents; and his brother, Alan Gustafson; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson is survived by his wife of 57 | 2 | | years, Joan; his children and their spouses, Glenn and Dana | 3 | | Gustafson, Monica and Steve Metscaviz, and Lisa and Michael | 4 | | O'Neil; his grandchildren, Jesse and Sarah Gustafson, Molly and | 5 | | Matthew Metscaviz, and Joshua O'Neil; and his two | 6 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Jimmie Walfrid "Gus" Gustafson and extend our sincere | 10 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 11 | | him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Jimmie Gustafson as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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