Full Text of SR0976 96th 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 George J. Arnold, who passed away on | 4 | | October 3, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born August 14, 1923, in Bluffs, and was | 6 | | the son of George and Jesse (Adams) Arnold; he married Betty | 7 | | (Wilson) Arnold on March 12, 1948, in Roxana; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He served his country in the United States Air | 9 | | Force during World War II, then went to work for Olin | 10 | | Corporation as a pipefitter; he was a member of the Wood River | 11 | | Masonic Lodge and was active with the Wood River Ho-Downers | 12 | | (square dancers); and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was a Boy Scout leader, and helped build the | 14 | | Boy Scout house in Roxana; he received the Order of the Arrow | 15 | | from the Boy Scout Council; he helped in building Camp Warren | 16 | | Levis in Godfrey, and was active in Little League teams in | 17 | | Roxana; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; | 19 | | and his two brothers, John and Richard Arnold; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, George Arnold is survived by his four children and |
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| 1 | | their spouses, Georgia "Kay" Barnett, Dennis and Pam Arnold, | 2 | | Keith and Jill Arnold, and Rhonda and Ron Miller; his six | 3 | | grandchildren and their spouses, Teri and Dave Shook, Steve and | 4 | | Kelley Sherwood, Stephanie and Terry Geisler, Jacob and Lori | 5 | | Miller, Morgan Arnold, and Mandy Lou Arnold; his nine | 6 | | great-grandchildren, Travis, David, and Dallas Shook, Cami and | 7 | | Cylar Sherwood, Shelbee Geisler, and Karli, Gracie, and Griffin | 8 | | Miller; and his special friend, Maxine Curtis; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of George Arnold; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of George Arnold as a symbol of our | 15 | | sincere sympathy.
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