Bill Text: IL SR0367 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Louis Edward Whitsell of Pontoon Beach.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-10-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR0367 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0367-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 Louis Edward Whitsell of Pontoon Beach, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on September 13, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born in Granite City on July 30, 1936; he | ||||||
| 6 | lived in Pontoon Beach most of his life until he retired and | ||||||
| 7 | moved in 1999 to a mini farm in Worden; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, He graduated from Granite City High School in | ||||||
| 9 | 1955; he served in United States Marine Corps Reserves from | ||||||
| 10 | 1957 to 1962; he attended Southern Illinois University in | ||||||
| 11 | Edwardsville and Lincoln Tech; he was a Tool and Die Maker for | ||||||
| 12 | 46 years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, He was very active in politics and the Democratic | ||||||
| 14 | party; he held elected office in many positions in Madison | ||||||
| 15 | County, Nameoki Township, and Pontoon Beach; from 1968 to 1999 | ||||||
| 16 | he served in different capacities as a Supervisor, County Board | ||||||
| 17 | Member, Clerk, Treasurer, Alderman, Comptroller, Highway | ||||||
| 18 | Superintendent, Precinct Committeeman; he was a member of | ||||||
| 19 | Masonic Lodge 877, the Lions Club, and the Township Officials | ||||||
| 20 | of Illinois; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in his death by his mother, Louise | ||||||
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| 1 | (Frazier) Whitsell; his father; Elmon Whitsell; his sisters, | ||||||
| 2 | Edith Whitsell McClusky and Mary Lou (Whitsell) Smith; his | ||||||
| 3 | brother, David Whitsell; and his grandchild, Chad Petrillo; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Louis Whitsell is survived by his wife, Dell | ||||||
| 5 | (O'Brian) Whitsell; his daughters, Debra and Mercie Mendoza, | ||||||
| 6 | Deanna (Whitsell) Spears, Cindy Stoner, Susan Sparks, and | ||||||
| 7 | Judith and Lance Haynes; his sisters, Shirley (Whitsell) Sims, | ||||||
| 8 | Sandy (Whitsell) Riffey, and Ginny (Whitsell) Bettis; his | ||||||
| 9 | brother, Jimmy Whitsell; his grandchildren, Natalie | ||||||
| 10 | (Zimmerman) Furniss, Jessica (Jones) Daniels, Samuel Stoner, | ||||||
| 11 | Mallory Stoner, Molly Haynes, and Zackary Louis Sparks; and his | ||||||
| 12 | great-grandchildren, Callie Daniels and Ava Daniels; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 16 | his family and friends, the passing of Louis Whitsell; and be | ||||||
| 17 | it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Louis Whitsell as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 20 | sincere sympathy.
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