Bill Text: IL SR1189 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ollie Ray "Ozzie" Phelps of Rock Island.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR1189 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1189-Introduced.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Ollie Ray "Ozzie" Phelps of Rock | ||||||
| 4 | Island, who passed away on September 2, 2022; and
| ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Ollie Phelps was born to Ollie and Mary Elizabeth | ||||||
| 6 | Purvis Phelps in Davenport, Iowa on November 16, 1930; he | ||||||
| 7 | served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy; he married Shirley | ||||||
| 8 | Love, and they had one daughter, Debra, before she preceded | ||||||
| 9 | him in death; he later married Ellen Clayton at St. Ambrose | ||||||
| 10 | Catholic Church in Milan on June 30, 1967; and
| ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Ollie Phelps worked as a supervisor at Eagle | ||||||
| 12 | Foods in Milan for 30 years; in retirement, he dedicated the | ||||||
| 13 | next 20 years towards taking care of St. Ambrose Catholic | ||||||
| 14 | Church in Milan; and
| ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Ollie Phelps was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic | ||||||
| 16 | Church in Milan, where he served in many different capacities; | ||||||
| 17 | he was also a proud advocate and supporter of the Alleman High | ||||||
| 18 | School Booster Club; and
| ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Ollie Phelps enjoyed attending Allean High School | ||||||
| 20 | football games with friends; he loved spending time with his | ||||||
| 21 | family, especially his grandchildren; and
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | WHEREAS, Ollie Phelps was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 2 | parents; his first wife, Shirley; his daughter, Linda Johnson; | ||||||
| 3 | his grandson, "Little" Maynard Johnson; his two brothers, | ||||||
| 4 | Robert and Melford Phelps; his infant sister; and his | ||||||
| 5 | sons-in-law, Kelly Hollon and Scott Holt; and
| ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Ollie Phelps is survived by his wife of 55 years, | ||||||
| 7 | Ellen Phelps; his daughters, Debra (Rusty) Mortz, Kathie Holt, | ||||||
| 8 | Tina (Paul) Maas, Sandra Hollon, and Kellie (Charlie) Erritt; | ||||||
| 9 | his grandchildren, Stephanie Carey, Kiel and Dan Mortz, Brad | ||||||
| 10 | and Kari Johnson, Desiree Samples, Billy Enlow, Erek Pittman, | ||||||
| 11 | Jeannie and Levi Kokos, Mike and Shayleen Hollon, Aaron and | ||||||
| 12 | Zachary Carlin, and Bella Erritt; his 30 great-grandchildren; | ||||||
| 13 | his 12 great-great-grandchildren; and his brothers, Lloyd | ||||||
| 14 | (Laura) Phelps and Larry (LaNelle) Phelps; therefore, be it
| ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| ||||||
| 17 | Ollie Ray "Ozzie" Phelps and extend our sincere
condolences to | ||||||
| 18 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
| ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Ollie Phelps as an expression of
our | ||||||
| 22 | deepest sympathy.
| ||||||
