Full Text of SR0473 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 Alfred William Wilson, Jr. of North | 4 | | Chicago, who passed away on January 8, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. was born in Waukegan on | 6 | | November 17, 1934 to Alfred W. Wilson, Sr. and Edna White; he | 7 | | served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Mechanic | 8 | | during the Korean War, receiving an Honorable Discharge; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. retired from Abbott | 10 | | Laboratories in 1983; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. was very active in the North | 12 | | Chicago Community, participating in the Saturday Nite Live | 13 | | Bowling League and the North Shore Duffers (golf) Club; he | 14 | | served as a North Chicago Board of Education District 64 | 15 | | member, the first President of the North Chicago Boys' Baseball | 16 | | Organization, as President of the North Chicago Rotary Club | 17 | | from 1976 to 1977, a United Way Board of Directors member from | 18 | | 1976 to 1981, and as a member of the Heart Association of Lake | 19 | | County in 1975; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. is survived by his wife of 58 | 21 | | years, Loretta; his children, Dianna (Herman) Parker, Alfred |
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| 1 | | (Kathy) W. Wilson, IV, Cynthia Wilson, and Laon Wilson; his | 2 | | mother, Edna Schroeder; his 4 siblings; his 7 grandchildren; | 3 | | his 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Alfred William Wilson, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences | 8 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 9 | | it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Alfred Wilson, Jr. as an expression | 12 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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