Full Text of SR2338 99th 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 Bill Knight of Evanston, who passed away | 4 | | on September 25, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Knight was born in Moberly, Missouri to | 6 | | Albert Avery and Lona Mae (Capps)
Knight on April 15, 1928; he | 7 | | graduated from Carthage High School in 1946 and attended | 8 | | Western Illinois State Teachers College; he married Betty Lou | 9 | | Stark on February 4, 1949; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bill Knight had a 40-year career at Western | 11 | | Illinois Electric Co-op, where he was a
groundman, lineman, | 12 | | engineer, and supervisor; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In retirement, Bill Knight taught himself piano, | 14 | | woodworking,
furniture refinishing, and clock repair; he was | 15 | | interested in genealogy and traced his family to Robert De Dene | 16 | | in
England before the time of William the Conqueror; he enjoyed | 17 | | following the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bears, playing | 18 | | bridge or his ukulele, listening to jazz
(especially | 19 | | Dixieland), mowing and clearing snow on his Kubota, having | 20 | | "coffee with the boys" at Ayerco
in Carthage, and golfing, | 21 | | making six holes-in-one over a 10-year span; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bill Knight was a volunteer with the SHARE food | 2 | | program in Hancock County; he was a former Elder with the
| 3 | | Elvaston Community Church; he valued his faith and loved | 4 | | reading, especially humorists, history,
and his favorite book, | 5 | | "To Kill a Mockingbird", which he read dozens of times; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Knight was preceded in death by his wife, | 7 | | Betty; his parents; and a great group of animals, from Duke and | 8 | | Bucky to
Benji and Em, a one-eyed cat he rescued from a ditch; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bill Knight is survived by his sons, Bill (Terry) | 11 | | Knight Jr., and Tracy (Sharon) Knight;
his grandson, Russell | 12 | | Baker; his sister, Bonnie Graves; several nieces and
nephews; | 13 | | his friend, Tina Harl; and his rescue dog, Molly, "the nicest | 14 | | girl in town"; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Bill Knight, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Bill Knight as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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