Full Text of SR0052 96th General Assembly
SR0052 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Earl L. Wilhold of Edwardsville, who | 4 |
| passed away on January 27, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl L. Wilhold was born November 19, 1928, in | 6 |
| Edwardsville to the late Oliver and Elsie (Henke) Wilhold Sr.; | 7 |
| he married Virginia L. Thompson on June 20, 1948, at Eden | 8 |
| United Church of Christ, and they recently celebrated their | 9 |
| 60th anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a retired meat cutter and manager for 49 | 11 |
| years; he worked for Kroger and later retired from Schnucks; he | 12 |
| was a member of Eden United Church of Christ, where he was a | 13 |
| member of the Eden Church Counsel and the Ushering and | 14 |
| Recreation Committees; he served his country in the United | 15 |
| States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict; and
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| WHEREAS, He was past commander of the Edwardsville American | 17 |
| Legion Post 199, a past commander of Madison-Bond County | 18 |
| American Legion, a member of the Last Man's Club of the | 19 |
| American Legion, and served as president and secretary of the | 20 |
| Senior Golf League at the American Legion Golf Course; and he | 21 |
| was a volunteer fireman for Edwardsville Fire Department | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, His passion was for golf, and he was instrumental | 2 |
| in building the American Legion Golf Course; he ran a golf pro | 3 |
| shop in his home for 30 years; he loved square dancing and | 4 |
| round dancing with the Hoe Downers for 40 years; and
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| WHEREAS,
Earl Wilhold is survived by his wife, Virginia; | 6 |
| his daughter, Christy (husband, John) Dorsey; his three | 7 |
| grandchildren, Rebecca "Becky" Yarbrough and her husband, Bill | 8 |
| Jr., Elizabeth "Beth" Maue and husband, Jason, and Brian Dorsey | 9 |
| and fiancee, Katie Bartels; his three great-grandchildren, | 10 |
| Brittney and Brianna Yarbrough and Gabriella "Bella" Maue; and | 11 |
| his brother, Oliver Wilhold Jr. and wife, Maxine; therefore, be | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Earl Wilhold; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Earl Wilhold as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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