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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Darrell L. McGibany Sr. of |
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| Alton on Thursday, February 17, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on August 15, 1923 in Sorento to David |
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| James and Emma (Strohkirch) McGibany; he married Mona J. |
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| Humphreys on December 23, 1944,
in Huntingdon, England; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McGibany valiantly served his country as a |
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| sergeant in the Eighth Air Force during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to retirement, he was employed for 27 years |
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| at the former Alton Box Board Company as a driver, was a member |
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| of Teamsters Local 525, a life member of Veterans of Foreign |
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| Wars Alton Post 1308 and The Eighth Air Force Historical |
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| Society, a member of American Legion Sorento Post 0713, and of |
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| 2nd S.A.D. Association/8th Air Force England; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Darrell L. McGibany Sr. has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his beloved and devoted wife of |
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| 60 years, Mona; his sons and daughters-in-law, Darrell L. |
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| "Mern" and Rita McGibany Jr., Ronald "Moine" and Mary McGibany, |
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| Michael "Mike" McGibany, and Sue McGibany; his grandchildren, |
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| Ted McGibany and his wife, Kim, Lisa Maynard and her husband, |
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| Quintin, Michaela Peipert and husband, Adam, Matthew McGibany, |
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| Ryan McGibany, Gwaine McGibany, and Joseph McGibany; his five |
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| great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Cleda Wall, Letty Wall, |
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| and Sharon Cruthis; in addition to his parents, he was also |
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| preceded in death by four brothers, David, Dennis, Dean, and |
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| Max McGibany; and his sisters, Reahn Goshorn, Wanda Lynch, and |
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| Delores Davis; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |