Bill Text: IL SR0985 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gerald R. "Goose" Lounsberry of Hanna City.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0985 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0985-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
Gerald R. "Goose" Lounsberry of Hanna | ||||||
| 4 | City, who passed away on October 13, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Gerald Lounsberry was born on April 27, 1939, in | ||||||
| 6 | Havana; his parents were Raymond and Launa (Rafferty) | ||||||
| 7 | Lounsberry; he married Sandra Orwig on October 15, 1966, in | ||||||
| 8 | Brimfield; she preceded him in death in 1987; he then married | ||||||
| 9 | Irene Raffety on September 5, 1987, in Hanna City; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Gerald Lounsberry served his country with pride as | ||||||
| 11 | a member of the United States Army from 1962 to 1966; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Gerald Lounsberry was a drill-press operator at | ||||||
| 13 | International Harvester in Canton for 25 years; he subsequently | ||||||
| 14 | transferred to Ohio with Navistar for 5 years before retiring | ||||||
| 15 | in 1989 after 30 years of service; he later worked for the | ||||||
| 16 | Village of Hanna City until his final retirement in 2010; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Gerald Lounsberry was a member of the Hanna City | ||||||
| 18 | Sportsman's Club, the Farmington Moose Lodge, and the | ||||||
| 19 | Bartonville American Legion; he enjoyed watching the Chicago | ||||||
| 20 | Cubs and hot sauce; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Gerald Lounsberry was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 2 | first wife; his parents; his stepdaughter, Marty DeVries; and | ||||||
| 3 | his sister, Marilyn Miller; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Gerald Lounsberry is survived by his children, | ||||||
| 5 | Kendra (David) Wing and Kraig (Debbie) Lounsberry; his | ||||||
| 6 | step-children, Ronald (Debbie) Workman and Tena (Dennis) | ||||||
| 7 | McNamara; his 12 grandchildren; his 7 great-grandchildren; his | ||||||
| 8 | brother, Jim (Marilyn) Lounsberry; and his sisters, Mae Haney, | ||||||
| 9 | Sharon (Larry) Davis, and Debbie Inman; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 12 | his family and friends, the passing of Gerald R. "Goose" | ||||||
| 13 | Lounsberry; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Gerald Lounsberry as an expression | ||||||
| 16 | of our sympathy.
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