Bill Text: IL SR0689 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Steven Powers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-01-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0689 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0689-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 Steven DeWayne Powers of rural | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois City, who passed away on December 16, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Steven Powers was born to Dale Forrest and | ||||||
| 6 | Charlotte (Poindexter) Powers in Muscatine, Iowa on October | ||||||
| 7 | 14, 1948; he graduated from Columbus Community High School in | ||||||
| 8 | 1967; he participated in many sports and clubs while in high | ||||||
| 9 | school with his greatest accomplishment being making Eagle | ||||||
| 10 | Scout in 1963; in the summer of 1967, he was drafted into the | ||||||
| 11 | U.S. Marines but got lost while reporting for duty and started | ||||||
| 12 | his service with the U.S. Army; he married
Tonya Ann Garrett on | ||||||
| 13 | December 12, 1970; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Steven Powers had a 22 year career in the Army; he | ||||||
| 15 | retired in the winter of 1989 with the rank of Master Sergeant; | ||||||
| 16 | once retired, he was called back to serve as the family liaison | ||||||
| 17 | for the Muscatine National Guard; in 1992, he attended | ||||||
| 18 | Davenport Barber College and started his barber career, which | ||||||
| 19 | lasted until his retirement in November of 2020; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Steven Powers was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 21 | parents, Dale and Charlotte Powers, and his sister, Cathy | ||||||
| 22 | (Powers) Arola; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Steven Powers is survived by his wife, Tonya | ||||||
| 2 | Powers; his son, Aaron (Wendy) Powers; his daughter, Tammy | ||||||
| 3 | (Mike) Brown; his stepmother, Anna (Clark) Powers; his | ||||||
| 4 | brother, Lonnie (Jackie) Powers; his eight grandchildren, | ||||||
| 5 | Leighana Franks, Steven Franks, Krystina Franks, Jarrett | ||||||
| 6 | Brown, Jennica Brown, Charles Powers, Daniel Powers and Erick | ||||||
| 7 | Powers; his two great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Walsh and one | ||||||
| 8 | on the way; and his many friends and family; 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
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| 11 | Steven DeWayne Powers 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
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| 15 | presented to the family of Steven Powers as an expression of
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| 16 | our deepest sympathy.
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