Bill Text: IL HJR0026 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 111 along Godfrey Road from Stamper Lane to Crestwood Drive as the "Eldon 'Twirp' Williams Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-01 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HJR0026-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pay respect to the life of Eldon C. "Twirp" Williams | ||||||
| 4 | Jr. by honoring him with a memorial highway in Godfrey; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. passed away on October 16, | ||||||
| 6 | 2018 at the
age of 87; he was born on August 5, 1931 in Alton | ||||||
| 7 | in Madison
County to Eldon C. Williams Sr. and Patricia | ||||||
| 8 | McGuiggan; he married
Jackie Wohlert on July 25, 1991; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. worked in Godfrey in Madison | ||||||
| 10 | County as the tax assessor for 40
years; he was a realtor at | ||||||
| 11 | Landmark Realty and an Air Force veteran; he served as a member | ||||||
| 12 | on the Godfrey Village Board and was a member of St. Peter and | ||||||
| 13 | Paul
Catholic Church; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 15 | son, Jonathan Williams; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. is survived by his wife, | ||||||
| 17 | Jackie Williams; his brother, Terry Williams; his daughters, | ||||||
| 18 | Jill Williams, Joy Phillippi, Jan Williams, JoEllen Archerd, | ||||||
| 19 | Jean Ann Parks, and Jenny
Kadow; his stepchildren, Doug | ||||||
| 20 | Wohlert and Becky Branum;
several nieces and nephews; 11 | ||||||
| 21 | grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Eldon Williams Jr. was not only loved dearly by | ||||||
| 2 | his friends and family but was also an esteemed
citizen and | ||||||
| 3 | respected member of Madison County, who had his life | ||||||
| 4 | tragically taken before his time; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 6 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 7 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Route 111 along Godfrey Road from Ramona Place to | ||||||
| 9 | Crestwood Drive as the "Eldon 'Twirp' Williams Memorial | ||||||
| 10 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 12 | is requested to erect at suitable
locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 13 | State and federal highway regulations, appropriate plaques or | ||||||
| 14 | signs
giving notice of the name of the "Eldon 'Twirp' Williams | ||||||
| 15 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Eldon Williams Jr., the Secretary | ||||||
| 18 | of the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Mayor of
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| 19 | the Village of Godfrey.
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