Bill Text: IL HJR0088 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 111 along Godfrey Road from Ramona Place to Crestwood Drive as the "Eldon 'Twirp' Williams Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJR0088 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0088-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, 2018 | ||||||
| 6 | at the
age of 87; he was born on August 5, 1931 in Alton in | ||||||
| 7 | Madison
County to Eldon C. Williams Sr. and Patricia McGuiggan; | ||||||
| 8 | 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, Jackie | ||||||
| 17 | Williams; his brother, Terry Williams; his daughters, Jill | ||||||
| 18 | Williams, Joy Phillippi, Jan Williams, JoEllen Archerd, Jean | ||||||
| 19 | Ann Parks, and Jenny
Kadow; his stepchildren, Doug Wohlert and | ||||||
| 20 | Becky Branum;
several nieces and nephews; 11 grandchildren; and | ||||||
| 21 | 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 tragically | ||||||
| 4 | taken before his time; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 6 | HUNDRED FIRST 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
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| 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 of | ||||||
| 18 | the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Mayor of
the | ||||||
| 19 | Village of Godfrey.
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