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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 Arthur W. Dixon of |
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| Galesburg on February 21, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dixon was born May 9, 1919, in Peoria, the son |
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| of Worth and Leila Kessler
Dixon; he was raised and educated in |
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| Elmwood, graduating from Elmwood High School; he attended |
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| Western Illinois University in Macomb; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Darlene Booz on Dec. 13, 1953, in |
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| Knoxville; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the Navy during World War II; he |
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| worked for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for 38 years, |
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| retiring in 1980; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Orange Chapel United Methodist |
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| Church, rural Gilson, where he was a member of the United |
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| Methodist Men; he was also a member of the Prairie Hub Club of |
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| Galesburg and Senior Bowling League; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; two |
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| children, Artie Dixon and Marilyn Robinson; and two brothers |
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| and a sister; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Arthur W. Dixon is felt by all who |
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| knew and loved him, especially his wife, Darlene; his daughter, |
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| Candy Lynn Knapp; his sons, Arlyn Wade Dixon,
Clifford Dixon, |
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| Robert Dixon, and Kenny Dixon; his special son, Kenneth |
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| (Jeanie) Williams; his sisters, Doris (Art) Kent, Margaret |
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| Clark, and Martha (Jim) Ogle; his brother, Chuck (Charlyne) |
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| Dixon; and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; |
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| therefore, be it
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