Full Text of SR0429 097th 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 Buford "Boots" Walters of Alton, who | 4 | | passed away on October 29, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in February 1917 in Terre Haute, | 6 | | Indiana, the son of the late Curtis A. and Ethyl (Reese) | 7 | | Walters; he married Irene Henkhaus on September 4, 1940, at St. | 8 | | Bernard's Catholic Church in Wood River; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He graduated from high school and attended | 10 | | Shurtleff College before going to work at Shell Oil Co. and St. | 11 | | Frances Convent in Alton; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of St. Mary's Catholic | 13 | | Church, and will be remembered as a devoted and loving husband, | 14 | | father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend to | 15 | | many; he enjoyed sports, travel, and loved to sing; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; | 17 | | his sister, Edna Reuter; and his brothers, Darrel, Joe, and | 18 | | Leland Walters; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Buford Walters is survived by his children and | 20 | | their spouses, Sue Goessling and John, Sharon Jun and Richard, |
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| 1 | | Mary Jo Keenan and Jim, David Walters, Nancy Green and Phil, | 2 | | Teresa Back and Brian, and Jeffery Walters and Mary; his | 3 | | grandchildren, Mark Goessling, Sheri Lynn Elfreich, Steve, | 4 | | Scott, and Rick Jun, Susie Silberhorn, Jim, Mike, and Joe | 5 | | Keenan, Sara Johnson, Amy and Adam Welch, Monica Johnson, Laura | 6 | | Laird, Lisa Back, and Kenny and Allison Walters; and his 32 | 7 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 | | his family and friends, the passing of Buford Walters; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Buford Walters as a symbol of our | 14 | | sincere sympathy.
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