Bill Text: IL SR0819 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mary Belle Lyons of Peoria, formerly of Hanna City.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0819 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0819-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 Mary Belle Lyons of Peoria, formerly of | ||||||
| 4 | Hanna City, who passed away on June 10, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She was born March 17, 1931, in Flora, to Jesse | ||||||
| 6 | and Velma (King) Harrison; she married William C. "Bill" Lyons | ||||||
| 7 | on November 30, 1952; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, She worked for Illinois Bell and AT&T for over 35 | ||||||
| 9 | years before retiring in 1988 as a dispatch controller; she was | ||||||
| 10 | a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and I.B.E.W. | ||||||
| 11 | Local 34; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, She was an avid and longtime volunteer at Peoria | ||||||
| 13 | Neighborhood House, volunteered weekly at Bel-Wood Nursing | ||||||
| 14 | Home for 15 years, and was remembered for her involvement with | ||||||
| 15 | the Hanna City Grade School PTA, as a Cub Scout den mother, and | ||||||
| 16 | as a sheriff's tour guide at the Peoria County Jail; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her | ||||||
| 18 | parents; her brother, Carl D. Harrison; and her sister, L. | ||||||
| 19 | Maxine Bailey Williams; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Mary Belle Lyons is survived by her sons, Cal | ||||||
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| 1 | (Joni) Lyons and Kevin Lyons; her grandchildren, Callie (David) | ||||||
| 2 | Jayne, Cara (Joel) Fulkerson, and Julie Lyons; her | ||||||
| 3 | great-grandchildren, Audrey Claire Jayne, Lydia Paige Jayne, | ||||||
| 4 | Ezra Anthony Fulkerson, and Annie Joy Fulkerson; her brother, | ||||||
| 5 | James T. Harrison; and James E. (Tammy) Dalrymple, whom she | ||||||
| 6 | treated as a son; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 9 | her family and friends, the passing of Mary Belle Lyons; and be | ||||||
| 10 | it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Mary Belle Lyons as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 13 | sincere sympathy.
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