Full Text of SR0355 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 William Earl Wharton of Woodstock, who | 4 | | passed away on November 19, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Wharton was born in Chester on October 18, | 6 | | 1917 to James G. and Edith (nee Katzmark) Wharton; he attended | 7 | | Lane Tech High School in Chicago; after graduation, he earned | 8 | | his pilot's license and joined the United States Army; he was | 9 | | first stationed stateside with an artillery unit and then sent | 10 | | to North Africa with the 36th Infantry Division from Texas; he | 11 | | flew several reconnaissance missions in North Africa and | 12 | | participated in the invasion of Italy with the 36th Infantry | 13 | | Division; he also helped to liberate the Mauthausen-Gusen | 14 | | concentration camp in Austria; he married Dorothy May Stahlberg | 15 | | on July 8, 1946; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After the war, William Wharton worked for Admiral | 17 | | and then Union Special as a quality control inspector; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, William Wharton was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents; his wife, Dorothy; his son, William Wharton; his | 20 | | brother, James Wharton; and his sister, Clarice Owen; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, William Wharton is survived by his son, Timothy |
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| 1 | | Wharton; his 2 daughters, Kathleen (Don) Bennett and Sharon | 2 | | (Al) Emery; his 11 grandchildren, Beth Ann, Amanda, Kyle, | 3 | | William Sevcik, Suzanne Robinson, Rachael, Amy, Elise, Linda | 4 | | Kay Harner, Michael Harner, and Andrew Emery; and several | 5 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | William Earl Wharton, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of William Wharton as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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