Bill Text: IL SR0547 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Edwin "Connell" Watson of Milan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR0547 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0547-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 Edwin "Connell" Watson of Milan, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 16, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Connell Watson was born to Frazier E. and | ||||||
| 6 | Florence A. McConnell Watson in Viola on February 26, 1934; he | ||||||
| 7 | married Jo Ann Kleinau at the First Presbyterian Church in | ||||||
| 8 | Milan on March 16, 1958;
he served in the U.S. Army; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Connell Watson worked for 20 years for John Deere | ||||||
| 10 | Plow and Planter before he started Watson Building and | ||||||
| 11 | Remodeling; he ran his contracting business for nearly 50 | ||||||
| 12 | years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Connell Watson was a member of the First | ||||||
| 14 | Presbyterian Church in Milan; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Connell Watson enjoyed taking fishing trips to | ||||||
| 16 | Minnesota and loved to spend time with his family; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Connell Watson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 18 | parents; his infant twin grandchildren, Thomas and Mary | ||||||
| 19 | Katherine Huff; and his siblings, Lillian Watson, Harold | ||||||
| 20 | Watson, Florence Lude, and Roberta Patterson; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Connell Watson is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 2 | children, Laurie J.
(Bruce) Knowlton, Craig E. (Lisa) Watson, | ||||||
| 3 | Alice A. (David Huff) Watson, and Paul F. (Lisa) Watson; his | ||||||
| 4 | grandchildren, Claire Knowlton, Andrew Knowlton, Daniel | ||||||
| 5 | Knowlton, Emma Watson, Anna Watson, Nathaniel Huff, Marguerite | ||||||
| 6 | Huff, and Grant Watson; his siblings, Frazier "Bud" (Lois) | ||||||
| 7 | Watson, Ramona (Richard) McMeekan, and Karen Burton; and his | ||||||
| 8 | sister-in-law, Bonnie Watson; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | Edwin "Connell" Watson and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 12 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Connell Watson as an expression of | ||||||
| 16 | our deepest sympathy.
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