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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 William R. Powell of Colona, who passed |
4 | | away on April 7, 2019; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, William Powell was born in Wayne, Indiana to Roy |
6 | | and Carolyn Fegley Powell on March 17, 1932; he served in the |
7 | | United States Army during the Korean War and married Nora Myers |
8 | | in Colona on December 26, 1954; he later married Mary Jane |
9 | | Fleming Kent in Colona on September 10, 2010; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, William Powell worked as an inspector for John |
11 | | Deere Harvester, retiring in 1982 after 37 years of service; he |
12 | | was a volunteer ambulance driver for the Cambridge Fire |
13 | | Department and a courier for Blackhawk Bank and Trust; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, William Powell was a member of the United Auto |
15 | | Workers in East Moline and the First Baptist Church of Colona; |
16 | | he was a former Master Mason at Clement Lodge 680 A.F.& A.M. |
17 | | and a board member for the Henry County Crime Stoppers, where |
18 | | he was involved with the Fingerprinting Children Program; he |
19 | | was also a ham radio operator; and
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20 | | WHEREAS, William Powell was preceded in death by his first |
21 | | wife, Nora; his parents; his infant son, Robert F. Powell; and |