Bill Text: IL SR0041 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of L. John Lee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0041-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of L. John Lee; and
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4 | WHEREAS, L. John Lee grew up on a farm near Paxton and was | ||||||
5 | a farmer by trade; he also worked as a broom-maker at the | ||||||
6 | France Broom Company in Paxton; in 1961, he left that job to | ||||||
7 | begin a long career as a real estate and insurance agent; in | ||||||
8 | 1983, he sold his insurance business and purchased a 180-acre | ||||||
9 | grain farm and hog operation in Hardin County, where he served | ||||||
10 | as a director on the Pope/Hardin County Agricultural | ||||||
11 | Stabilization and Conservation Service and Farm Bureau Boards; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, L. John Lee was elected to serve as a Paxton City | ||||||
14 | Alderman in 1965; 1969, he was elected to the first of his 2 | ||||||
15 | terms as Mayor of Paxton; and
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16 | WHEREAS, During L. John Lee's tenure as Mayor, the City of | ||||||
17 | Paxton gained over 200 manufacturing jobs through the arrival | ||||||
18 | of the Baltimore Aircoil Company next to Interstate 57; and
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19 | WHEREAS, L. John Lee is survived by his daughter, Angie | ||||||
20 | Lee; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
3 | family and friends, mourn the passing of L. John Lee; and be it | ||||||
4 | further
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5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to the family of L. John Lee as an expression of our | ||||||
7 | sympathy.
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