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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened
3 to learn of the death of George Killion of Godfrey on March 26,
4 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, George Killion was born on June 22, 1928, in
6 Carlyle to George and Rose (Glass) Killion Sr.; he married the
7 former Sylvia D. Jones; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He received his education in Carlyle and was a
9 United States Army Korean War veteran; he was employed in the
10 wire mill department at Laclede Steel Company for 44 years,
11 retiring in 1994; he was a bus driver for Principia College for
12 seven years, and also for Laidlaw in Alton; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Killion was a charter member of Unity
14 Fellowship Church in Godfrey; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The passing of George Killion will be deeply felt
16 by many especially his wife, Sylvia; his two sons and
17 daughter-in-law, Kenneth Killion and Michael and Macarolyn
18 Killion; his four daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathleen and
19 Tecumshea Holmes, Diana and Thomas Leonard, Patricia North, and
20 Rose and Frederic Almond; his 13 grandchildren; his three
21 great-grandchildren; his sister, Lydia Reddick; and a host of
22 nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends; and be it further
 
23     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and a
24 sister, Juanita Alexander; therefore, be it
 
25     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
26 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
27 George Killion along with all who knew and loved him and extend
28 our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it
29 further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of George Killion as an expression of
3 our deepest sympathy.