Bill Text: IL SR1097 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jimmie Walfrid Gustafson of Coal Valley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1097 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1097-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 Jimmie Walfrid "Gus" Gustafson of Coal | ||||||
| 4 | Valley, who passed away on November 1, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was born in Osco to Erick Walfrid | ||||||
| 6 | and Esther Catherine Vigor Gustafson on October 10, 1935; he | ||||||
| 7 | married Joan Bernice Painter in Geneseo on October 22, 1960; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was proud to have served as a | ||||||
| 10 | radar operator and paratrooper in the United States Army during | ||||||
| 11 | the Korean War; he worked for Montgomery Elevator Company for | ||||||
| 12 | over 29 years and retired as lead wireman; after his | ||||||
| 13 | retirement, he built and sold homes for Advance Homes, co-owned | ||||||
| 14 | G&L Auto Care, and owned Gather Inn and Miss Moo's Video and | ||||||
| 15 | Tanning; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was a member of the First | ||||||
| 17 | Presbyterian Church and Kone Retirees; he was an avid golfer | ||||||
| 18 | and semi-professional bowler; he loved people and never met a | ||||||
| 19 | stranger; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 21 | parents; and his brother, Alan Gustafson; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jimmie Gustafson is survived by his wife of 57 | ||||||
| 2 | years, Joan; his children and their spouses, Glenn and Dana | ||||||
| 3 | Gustafson, Monica and Steve Metscaviz, and Lisa and Michael | ||||||
| 4 | O'Neil; his grandchildren, Jesse and Sarah Gustafson, Molly and | ||||||
| 5 | Matthew Metscaviz, and Joshua O'Neil; and his two | ||||||
| 6 | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Jimmie Walfrid "Gus" Gustafson and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 10 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 11 | him; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Jimmie Gustafson as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our deepest sympathy.
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