Full Text of HR0332 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of | 4 | | long-time Marion Mayor Robert L. "Bob" Butler, who passed away | 5 | | on Monday, April 22, 2019 at a very young 92 years old; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Butler served the City of Marion with | 7 | | distinction and honor during his record 54 years and nine | 8 | | months as mayor; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Butler was an energetic and effective | 10 | | advocate not only for Marion but for the entire region of | 11 | | Southern Illinois; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Butler served the people of Marion with | 13 | | strength, wisdom, and sensitivity through many disasters, | 14 | | including the 1982 Marion Tornado that killed 10 and injured | 15 | | 200 and a disastrous fire in 1997 that burned down the town | 16 | | civic center; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2007, Mayor Butler opposed the Illinois | 18 | | electric rate increase; The New York Times ran a news story on | 19 | | this issue featuring him; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Butler won his 14th election for mayor on |
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| 1 | | April 7, 2015 with 71.8 percent of the vote in a three-way | 2 | | race; on May 5, 2015, he became the longest-serving mayor in | 3 | | Illinois history, surpassing the record of his friend and | 4 | | fellow Williamson County Mayor, Frank Caliper of Colp, who | 5 | | served 52 years from 1935 to 1987; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Butler will be deeply missed by Marion, the | 7 | | entire region of Southern Illinois, his children and extended | 8 | | family, his many friends, and his loving wife, Louetta; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn the death and celebrate the life of Marion Mayor | 13 | | Robert L. "Bob" Butler, recognize his contributions to the City | 14 | | of Marion, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 15 | | friends and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Mayor Butler and to the City of | 18 | | Marion.
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