Full Text of HR0821 95th General Assembly
HR0821 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Williams of Murphysboro, who passed away on November 3, 2007; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams was born on August 3, 1922; his | 7 |
| parents were Denton Williams and Bertha May (Lively) Williams; | 8 |
| he married Helen R. Falkenheim on December 9, 1947 in Ava; and
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| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams served his country with bravery | 10 |
| in the United States Marine Corps during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams had a long and distinguished | 12 |
| career in public service; he served as Jackson County coroner | 13 |
| from 1956 until 1960; he also served in the Illinois House of | 14 |
| Representatives from 1960 until his retirement in 1972; and
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| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams was the owner of a successful | 16 |
| mobile home and apartment rental business and was the recipient | 17 |
| of the Man of the Year Award from the Illinois Mobile Home | 18 |
| Association in 1961; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams was a member of First Baptist | 20 |
| Church in Murphysboro, the Paul Stout Post 127 in Murphysboro, |
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| the BPOE Elks in Murphysboro, Alma Lodge 497 A.F. and A.M. of | 2 |
| Steeleville, the Scottish Rites Bodies of Southern Illinois; | 3 |
| and the Ainad Shrine; he was also a member of many Republican | 4 |
| organizations and was a Jackson County chairman and | 5 |
| committeeman; and
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| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams was preceded in death by his | 7 |
| parents; his brothers, Raymond, Archie, Floyd, and Glen; and | 8 |
| his sister, Ruth Cottom; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Gale R. Williams is survived by his wife, Helen R. | 10 |
| Williams; his sisters-in-law, Peg (Cleo) McLaughlin and Jewel | 11 |
| Falkenheim; his nieces and nephews, Tom, Ron, and Greg | 12 |
| McLaughlin, Beverly Connor, Sondra Mahnken, Kevin Williams, | 13 |
| Cheryl Hagler, Brenda Faughn, Jeannee Williams, Andy Jo Tuck, | 14 |
| Fonda Rodriguez, Debbie Wright, and Kim Fehringer; and his many | 15 |
| great nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Gale | 19 |
| R. Williams; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Gale R. Williams as an expression of | 22 |
| our sympathy.
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