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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 John M. Edmunds of Silvis, who passed |
4 | | away on May 11, 2017; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, John Edmunds was born in Bevier, Missouri to Miles |
6 | | and Mary Ellen Durham Edmunds on September 4, 1922; he served |
7 | | in the United States Army during World War II and married Mary |
8 | | "Vivian" Walker on December 20, 1942; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, John Edmunds worked at Case IH in Moline and the |
10 | | American Air Filter Company and Randolph's in Silvis; he was |
11 | | also a Sunday school bus driver, a taxi driver, and delivered |
12 | | coal by truck; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, John Edmunds was preceded in death by his parents; |
14 | | his wife, Mary Ellen; and eight siblings; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, John Edmunds is survived by his children, Dan |
16 | | (Lori) Edmunds and Debbie (Lenford) Coleman; five |
17 | | grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
20 | | John M. Edmunds, and extend our sincere condolences to his |