Bill Text: IL SR0031 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lyle Decker.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0031 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0031-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Lyle E. Decker of Rock Island, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 11, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker was born to Charlie and Minnie (Hall) | ||||||
| 6 | Decker in Burgess on March 9, 1932; he graduated from Aledo | ||||||
| 7 | High School and then served in the U.S. Air Force during the | ||||||
| 8 | Korean War; he was formerly married to Joyce Bewley; he later | ||||||
| 9 | married Maxine Beasley Taylor in August of 1982; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker worked at Bear Manufacturing for 26 | ||||||
| 11 | years until their closing; he later worked at Material | ||||||
| 12 | Products and Tri-City Manufacturing for many years; he owned | ||||||
| 13 | Decker's Welding and did upholstery work from his shop at | ||||||
| 14 | home; he was a deputy sheriff with the Mercer County Sheriff | ||||||
| 15 | Department and later for the Aledo Police Department; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker was a member of the Illinois Police | ||||||
| 17 | Association; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker loved camping, fishing, playing pool | ||||||
| 19 | at Maggie's Place in Reynolds, going to casinos with his | ||||||
| 20 | daughters, and wintering in Arizona; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 2 | his wife, Maxine; his grandson, Brandon Gehn; his brothers, | ||||||
| 3 | Bert, Arvid, Lee, Charles, and Cletus Decker; and his sister, | ||||||
| 4 | Lila Bloomfield; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lyle Decker is survived by his daughters, | ||||||
| 6 | Christine Palmer, Kathy (Kurt) Gehn, and Cindy Miller; his | ||||||
| 7 | stepchildren, Albert "Butch" (Karen) Taylor and Sandy Conklin; | ||||||
| 8 | his grandchildren, Deena Bradford, Tara Carr, Justin (Amy) | ||||||
| 9 | Fowler, Honesty (Dewey) Trobaugh, Christopher (Trish) Reed, | ||||||
| 10 | Kyle Tharp, Matthew (Micheala) Gehn, Sean Flynn, and Casey | ||||||
| 11 | Flynn; his fourteen great-grandchildren; his two | ||||||
| 12 | great-great-grandsons; and his numerous nieces, nephews, and | ||||||
| 13 | additional family; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Lyle E. Decker and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 17 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 20 | presented to the family of Lyle Decker as an expression of
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| 21 | deepest sympathy.
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