Full Text of SR0149 95th General Assembly
SR0149 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Larry A. Johnson of Bartonville, who | 4 |
| passed away on April 15, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry A. Johnson was born on July 17, 1935, in | 6 |
| Farmington, to Kenneth C. and Merle H. (Record) Johnson Sr.; he | 7 |
| married Phyllis J. Mohn on March 18, 1956, in Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Johnson was co-owner and vice president of | 9 |
| Kenny Johnson Moving and Storage; he was a Democratic Precinct | 10 |
| Committeeman for Limestone Eighth Precinct from 1962 to 2004; | 11 |
| he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in | 12 |
| 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980, and served as chairman of the | 13 |
| Peoria County Democratic Central Committee in 1970 and the | 14 |
| Democratic State Central Committee in 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Johnson served on the Peoria County Board | 16 |
| from 1974 to 1982 and was instrumental in the founding and | 17 |
| development of Alpha Park Library and the Rock Island Trail; he | 18 |
| was a past president of the Alpha Park Library Board, the Heart | 19 |
| of Illinois Sierra Club, and a past member of the Bartonville | 20 |
| Village Board and Westminster Presbyterian Church in Peoria;
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| was dedicated to his family, the community in which he lived, | 22 |
| and to his dogs, which he loved dearly; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Johnson was preceded in death by his | 2 |
| parents; and
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| WHEREAS,
Larry A. Johnson is survived by his wife, Phyllis; | 4 |
| his children, Perry (Pamela) Johnson, Lori (William) Tockes, | 5 |
| Denise Johnson, Scott (Lori) Johnson, and Todd Johnson; his | 6 |
| grandchildren, Rosemary, Ben, Seth, Alexa and Joel; his | 7 |
| brothers, Harlan (Shirley) Johnson and Kenneth (Sandy) C. | 8 |
| Johnson Jr.; and his sisters, Sylvia (Harris) Sachau and Janet | 9 |
| (Bill) Miller; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Larry A. Johnson; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Larry A. Johnson as a symbol of our | 16 |
| sympathy.
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