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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Albert Dimitri Wylie of Peoria, who
4passed away on April 29, 2021; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Albert Wylie was born to Albert R. and Jessie
6Pickett Wylie in Peoria on October 5, 1929; he graduated from
7Peoria High School in 1948 and later took courses at Bradley
8University and Illinois Central College; he married his loving
9wife Eleanor in 1974; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Albert Wylie first worked at Statesville
11Correctional Center in Crest Hill for a short time; he then
12worked at Illinois Bell before being hired at Caterpillar; he
13retired as a security and fire inspector in 1989 after 27 years
14with the company; and
 
15    WHEREAS, After taking an early retirement, Albert Wylie
16remained active volunteering as an escort at UnityPoint Health
17Methodist for many years, taking care of extended family, and
18working with his aunt as a massage therapist; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Albert Wylie was a member of the Lion's Club, the
20Firefighters Association, the Peoria Housing Authority, the
21National Democratic Association, the NAACP, and the Peoria

 

 

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1Riverfront Museum; he was a long-time member of Zion Baptist
2Church where he sang in the Inspirational Choir and was a
3trustee; and
 
4    WHEREAS, To preserve the Wylie family legacy, Albert Wylie
5submitted family photos to the Southern Historical Collection
6at the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
7Chapel Hill and created the Minnie Wylie Graves Scholarship in
8health careers at Illinois Central College; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Albert Wylie enjoyed discussing current events,
10politics, and history; he was an avid reader and especially
11loved mysteries and thrillers; he loved going to the movies,
12and his favorite TV show was Law and Order; he and his wife
13watched Wheel of Fortune regularly and enjoyed traveling by
14train across the U.S.; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Albert Wylie was preceded in death by his
16grandparents, Thomas A. and Jessie Wylie; his parents; his
17sister, Charlotte Luey; his cousin, Ramona McGavock; and his
18aunt, Minnie Graves; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Albert Wylie is survived by his wife; his
20daughter, Staci R. Wylie; his aunt, Alice Spotser (Pickett);
21and his brother-in-law, Sherald Gordon; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
3Albert Dimitri Wylie and extend our sincere condolences to his
4family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
5further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to the family of Albert Wylie as an expression of our
8deepest sympathy.