Bill Text: IL HR1035 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Walter E. Skilbeck of Springfield.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR1035 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1035-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Walter E. | ||||||
| 4 | Skilbeck of Springfield, who passed away on March 15, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Walter Evans Skilbeck was born November 4, 1916, | ||||||
| 6 | in Trenton to Fred and Grace Hill Skilbeck; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, He married Juanita Ora Fricke on October 5, 1966; | ||||||
| 8 | following high school Walter served his country in the United | ||||||
| 9 | States Army as a PFC in Company E, 17th Regiment, Seventh | ||||||
| 10 | Infantry Division, during World War II; he was awarded 4 Bronze | ||||||
| 11 | Stars and a Purple Heart for campaigns in the South | ||||||
| 12 | Philippines, Ryukyus, and the Aleutian Islands; h was wounded | ||||||
| 13 | in Leyte, on December 25, 1944, and Okinawa on April 23, 1945; | ||||||
| 14 | and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, After he returned home from serving his country, | ||||||
| 16 | he was a bus driver with Springfield Mass Transit, a mail | ||||||
| 17 | carrier for the United States Postal Service for 16 years | ||||||
| 18 | before retiring in 1980, and a paper carrier for The State | ||||||
| 19 | Journal-Register; he was a member of Calvary Temple Christian | ||||||
| 20 | Center; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; | ||||||
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| 1 | his brothers, Howard and Carl; and his sisters, Eva, Goldie, | ||||||
| 2 | and Nelda; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Walter Skilbeck is survived by his stepson, | ||||||
| 4 | Russell (wife, Linda) Dickerson; his son, David Skilbeck; his | ||||||
| 5 | brother-in-law, Frank Montalbano; his sister-in-law, Ruby | ||||||
| 6 | Skilbeck; his step-grandchildren, Matthew and Andrew; and | ||||||
| 7 | several nieces and nephews and several great-nieces and | ||||||
| 8 | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Walter | ||||||
| 12 | Skilbeck; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Walter Skilbeck as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 15 | sincere sympathy.
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