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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Thomas "Wickie" Roy of Paxton, who passed
4away on November 22, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Thomas Roy was born in Tolono on December 21, 1943
6to Thomas E. and Dorthy Wilson Roy; he attended Paxton schools
7and served in the United States Army as a mortar gunner in
8Korea; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Thomas Roy was a heavy equipment operator for 47
10years and belonged to Operating Engineers, Local 841; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Thomas Roy was affiliated with the First Baptist
12Church SCB in Paxton and was a member of the I & I Tractor Club;
13he spent his life working with and showing draft mules, barrel
14racing, and doing anything and everything that had to do with
15horses; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Thomas Roy was preceded in death by his parents
17and 2 brothers; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Thomas Roy is survived by his 2 sons, Michael
19(Cathy) Roy and Damon (Sara) Roy; his 2 grandsons, Colt and
20Brett; his 3 sisters, Kathie (Jerry) Houser, Deborah Roy-Payne,

 

 

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1and Karren Bussey; and his 2 brothers, Murie (Elona) Roy and
2Rex (Linda) Roy; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
5Thomas "Wickie" Roy, and extend our sincere condolences to his
6family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
7further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Thomas Roy as an expression of our
10deepest sympathy.