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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Charles L. Freeman of
4 Godfrey on February 4, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born August 4, 1923 in Godfrey to Lincoln
6 and Debbie (Fairfax) Freeman; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He married the former Wilda S. Hyndman on July 22,
8 1946 in Kansas City, Kansas; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He attended Alton public schools; he was employed
10 as an engineer mechanic for Max German Meat Company in St.
11 Louis; he served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 as an
12 infantry staff sergeant and was awarded three Bronze Stars; and
 
13     WHEREAS, He was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church; an
14 avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, trap shooting, fishing,
15 and golf; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and his
17 sisters, Helen Killion and Joyce Fuller; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The passing of Charles L. Freeman is felt by all
19 who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 58 years, Wilda;
20 his sons and their wives, James and Patricia Freeman and
21 Richard and Valerie Freeman; his daughter, Sandra Freeman and
22 her companion, Mary Bechtold; his grandchildren, Kelly and Erin
23 Freeman, Rich Huber, and Sheila Foster; his
24 great-granddaughter, Kalya Foster; his brothers-in-law,
25 Wallace Hyndman and Joseph Hyndman; and his sisters-in-law,
26 Marjorie Cannon, Marion Penman, Evelyn Johnson, Jennie
27 Franklin, and Nora Woods; therefore, be it
 
28     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL

 

 

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1 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
2 Charles L. Freeman and we extend our sincere condolences to his
3 family, friends, and community; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
6 sympathy.