Bill Text: IL SR0900 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jerry M. Wilson of Havana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0900 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0900-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Jerry M. Wilson of Havana, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on February 25, 2024; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jerry Wilson was born to Donald and Madeline | ||||||
6 | Wilson on October 12, 1947; he attended school in Havana; he | ||||||
7 | served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1968; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Jerry Wilson worked for Westinghouse in Lester, | ||||||
9 | Pennsylvania, Scott Paper in Chester, Pennsylvania, and Boeing | ||||||
10 | in Essington, Pennsylvania before moving back to Illinois; he | ||||||
11 | then worked for Walker Forge in Havana, Caterpillar in East | ||||||
12 | Peoria and Mossville, Star Transport in Morton, and Farm and | ||||||
13 | Home in Havana; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Jerry Wilson served as chief driver for the | ||||||
15 | Essington Volunteer Fire Department in Pennsylvania and | ||||||
16 | captain of the Havana Volunteer Fire Department; he was a | ||||||
17 | member of the Havana VFW Post #6408 Auxiliary and the Havana | ||||||
18 | Boat Club; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jerry Wilson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
20 | parents; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Jerry Wilson is survived by his wife, Gail | ||||||
2 | (Smith) Wilson; his children, Jeri (Jason) Shilling and | ||||||
3 | Heather (Stevan) Hofreiter; his grandchildren, Dominique | ||||||
4 | Shilling, Samuel Shilling, Madison Hofreiter, and Claire | ||||||
5 | Hofreiter; his stepchildren, Michelle (Chuck) Calhoun and | ||||||
6 | David West; his step-grandchildren, Laney Kelomel, Nolan | ||||||
7 | Kelomel, and Drake Calhoun; his great-grandson, Jaxen Jenson; | ||||||
8 | his great-granddaughters, Braelynn Lindsey and Lillian | ||||||
9 | Lindsey; and his siblings, Mark (Mary) Hosford, Gene (Donna) | ||||||
10 | Hosford, Guy Hosford, Chris (Lee) Eilers, Kevin (Donna) Smith, | ||||||
11 | Penney (Darren) Mathias, Sandy McCari, and Randy Smith; | ||||||
12 | therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
15 | Jerry M. Wilson and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
17 | further
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