Full Text of SR0086 100th 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 Andrew Wilson Easton of Gillespie, who | 4 | | passed away on January 12, 2017 at the age of 59; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton was born in Alton to Andrew Easton | 6 | | and Florence Heyen Easton on February 11, 1957; he married | 7 | | Donna Griffel Easton in Gillespie on December 9, 1978; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton was a member of the 1974 Gillespie | 9 | | Football Team state qualifiers in Class 2A; he was a 1975 | 10 | | graduate of Gillespie High School and a 1978 graduate of | 11 | | Eastern Illinois University; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton was a teacher of business, | 13 | | computers, science and economics at Litchfield High School, | 14 | | Pana Middle School, Gillespie High School, and Gillespie Middle | 15 | | School for over 20 years; he coached football in Litchfield, | 16 | | Pana, Carlinville, Gillespie, Mt. Olive, and Taylorville; he | 17 | | coached football, wrestling, cross country, track, and girls | 18 | | basketball at the high school level; he coached track, boys | 19 | | basketball, and girls basketball at the middle school level; he | 20 | | also coached Gillespie Junior Football League, numerous | 21 | | traveling teams, as well as individual athletes; he was an | 22 | | assistant coach of the 1993 Carlinville High School Football |
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| 1 | | Class 2A State Runner Up; he was the assistant coach of the | 2 | | 1998 Gillespie Middle School Boys Basketball Class 7AA who | 3 | | reached fourth place at State; his passion to motivate his | 4 | | students and athletes to achieve their highest level will be | 5 | | his lasting legacy; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton had an accounting tax business in | 7 | | Gillespie for a number of years and was a Gillespie City | 8 | | Council Member; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton attended United Methodist Church of | 10 | | Gillespie; he was a member of the Fellowship of Christian | 11 | | Athletes; he had an interest in the stock market, music, and | 12 | | was a student of sports; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton was preceded in death by his father; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Easton is survived by his mother, Florence | 16 | | Easton; his wife, Donna Easton; his children, Andrew Easton, | 17 | | Alyce Easton, and Alex Easton; his grandchildren, Amour D. | 18 | | Easton and Andrew L. Easton; his siblings, Ann Marie Easton and | 19 | | John Easton; his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Dave and | 20 | | Mary Griffel; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 2 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Andrew Wilson Easton, | 3 | | and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and | 4 | | all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Andrew Easton as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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