Full Text of SR0719 98th 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 Arthur J. Lindsey of Wood River, who | 4 | | passed away on November 6, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey was born on July 11, 1922 in | 6 | | Jonesboro to Ada Mae (nee Barker) and William Arthur Lindsey; | 7 | | he attended a one-room school house in Union County for his | 8 | | primary education; he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at | 9 | | age 16 and helped construct various infrastructure projects, | 10 | | such as Giant City State Park in Southern Illinois; he received | 11 | | his General Education Diploma from East Alton-Wood River High | 12 | | School; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey moved to the Alton area in 1940 and | 14 | | worked as a delivery boy for local grocers, florists, and dry | 15 | | cleaners; he married Dorothy Didway in Ramsey on January 1, | 16 | | 1942; he joined the United States Army on December 15, 1942 and | 17 | | served in Company A of the 52nd Engineering Battalion; he | 18 | | served in the South Pacific Theater during World War II; he was | 19 | | on a landing craft alongside the USS Missouri when the Japanese | 20 | | surrendered and he became one of the first 50 U.S. soldiers to | 21 | | occupy Japan at the end of the war; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey returned to Alton following World |
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| 1 | | War II and worked as a car salesman for Carter Ford in Wood | 2 | | River, Barnett Volkswagon in Alton, Stuart Motors in Wood | 3 | | River, and was a partner at Ellege Auto Sales in East Alton; he | 4 | | opened his own insurance agency in 1965 through American Family | 5 | | Insurance and in 1970, he was elected Superintendent of | 6 | | Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County, serving | 7 | | until his retirement in 1989; during his tenure as | 8 | | Superintendent, he was one of the founding members of the | 9 | | Illinois Association of County Veterans Assistant Commissions, | 10 | | serving for a time as President; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey was a life member and Past | 12 | | Commander of the American Legion Post #204, Past 22nd District | 13 | | Commander of the American Legion, member of the Veterans of | 14 | | Foreign Wars Post 2859, member of AmVets - Disabled American | 15 | | Veterans Chapter 90, and a member of the Forty and Eight; he | 16 | | served on the Illinois Veterans Home Advisory Board and spent | 17 | | many hours volunteering at the John Cochran and Jefferson | 18 | | Barracks Divisions with the Veterans Administration St. Louis | 19 | | Health Care System; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey was a member of First Christian | 21 | | Church of Wood River; he served as President of the Lincoln | 22 | | School Parent-Teacher Organization in 1959 and as a Charter | 23 | | Organization Representative for Boy Scout Troop #35 for many | 24 | | years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | Dorothy; his siblings, Bill Barker, Claude (Betty) Lindsey, | 3 | | Marie (Vernie) Anderson, Thelma (Darrel) Hileman, Bernice | 4 | | (Edward) Obert, and an infant brother; his in-laws, Dean and | 5 | | Mary Grissom, Frank Morris, and Irene Didway; his nephew, Tommy | 6 | | Potter; and his granddaughter, Gwendolyn May Sorega; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Lindsey is survived by his daughter, Sheila | 8 | | May (nee Lindsey) Sorega; his son, Kevin Arthur (Susan) | 9 | | Lindsey; his grandchildren, Todd (Tracey) Sorega, Tiffany Dawn | 10 | | Sorega, Ryan Howard Lindsey, and Shannon Marie Lindsey; his | 11 | | great-grandchildren, Donavin, Dylan, and Dawson Klunk; and | 12 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Arthur J. Lindsey, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Arthur Lindsey as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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