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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Everett E. "Gene" Goacher of Alton, who
4 passed away on November 28, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born in White Hall on July 25, 1921, the
6 son of Everett and Gladys (Hopper) Goacher; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He married the former Rita Leady on October 24,
8 1949 in Alton; she preceded him in death on January 4, 2006;
9 and
 
10     WHEREAS, He owned and operated Gene's Appliance-Air
11 Conditioning & Heating for 40 years; he was a member of Alton
12 VFW Post 1308, the Illinois Pilots Association for many years,
13 and American Legion 126; and
 
14     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and his
15 wife, Rita; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Everett Goacher is survived by his two daughters
17 and their husbands, Sarah and Jim Irvin and Susan and Rick
18 Jones; his son and his wife, David and Eileen Goacher; his
19 eight grandchildren, Brandon and Adriane Goacher, Matt,
20 Jessica LeBrun and her husband, Jeremy, Kristyn Irvin and Adam,

 

 

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1 and Kaylin and Tanner Jones; his two great-grandchildren,
2 Landon Jones and Wesley LeBrun; his two sisters and a
3 brother-in-law, Alice Stark and Glenda and Merle Apitz; his two
4 brothers and their wives, Bill and Mary Goacher and Darrell
5 "Hank" and Melba Goacher; and his companion, Wilma Bobbs of
6 Alton; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
8 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
9 his family and friends, the passing of Everett E. "Gene"
10 Goacher; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Everett E. "Gene" Goacher as a
13 symbol of our sincere sympathy.