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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Warren |
4 | | Leroy "Red" Dixon, Sr. of Aurora, who passed away on September |
5 | | 4, 2013; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Warren Dixon, Sr. was born on June 22, 1916 in |
7 | | Chicago; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Warren Dixon, Sr. served his country as a member |
9 | | of the United States Navy during World War II; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Warren Dixon, Sr. was employed by Commonwealth |
11 | | Edison before becoming the owner and operator of Dixon Realty; |
12 | | he also served as president of the Aurora Real Estate Board and |
13 | | was a youth football coach for 35 years; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Warren Dixon, Sr. was a 70-year member of |
15 | | Annunciation Church; he was a 3rd Degree member of the Knights |
16 | | of Columbus and a member of the Montgomery Veterans of Foreign |
17 | | Wars Post 7452 and the American Legion Post 84; he also served |
18 | | as the Grand Marshal of the 2012 Aurora Fourth of July Parade; |
19 | | and
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20 | | WHEREAS, Warren Dixon, Sr. was preceded in death by his |
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1 | | wife, Daisy (Victoria) Dixon; his parents, Lester and Minnie |
2 | | (Witten) Dixon, Sr.; his sisters, Margaret Bower, Marian |
3 | | Bowers, Gwendolyn Wagener, Shirley Dixon, and Della McCormick; |
4 | | and his brothers, Lester Dixon, Jr. and Herbert Dixon; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Warren Dixon, Sr. is survived by his children, |
6 | | Maryagnes Dixon and Warren (Katie) Dixon, Jr.; his |
7 | | grandchildren, Dennis (Jeanne) Foote, Steven (Laura) Foote, |
8 | | Warren (Nicole) Dixon III, Tracy (Erik) Richards, and Brian |
9 | | Dixon; his great-grandchildren, Jacob Foote, Justin Dixon, |
10 | | Abbey Foote, Jordan Foote, Natalie Richards, Dylan Richards, |
11 | | and Logan Dixon; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be |
12 | | it
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13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
15 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of |
16 | | Warren Leroy "Red" Dixon, Sr.; and be it further
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17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
18 | | presented to the family of Warren Dixon, Sr. as an expression |
19 | | of our sympathy.
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