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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Golden C. Barton of Mitchell, who passed |
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| away on May 30, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Golden Barton was born July 13, 1927, in Alton, |
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| Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barton retired as a control specialist at |
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| Granite City Steel after 39 1/2 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He had attended Mitchell Presbyterian Church and |
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| was a member of the Mitchell Kiwanis Club and AmVets Post 51; |
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| he served as trustee of the Mitchell Fire Department for 17 |
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| years and volunteered at St. Elizabeth Hospital (Gateway |
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| Regional Medical Center) installing life lines; he was a United |
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| States Army veteran; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and |
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| Maude, nee Stogsdelle, Barton; his first wife, Doris, nee |
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| McCarter, Barton; a brother, Boyd Barton; and a sister, Imogene |
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| Harper; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Golden Barton will be deeply felt |
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| by all those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, |
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| Shirley M., nee Grabner, Barton, whom he married November 5, |
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| 1988, in Mitchell; his children, Terry (Dianne) Barton, Randy |
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| (Jennifer) Barton, Cheryl (James) Metcalf Jr., and Nita (Tom) |
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| Riddle; his step-children, Jack (Connie) Jones, and Shirley |
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| Gale (David) Byrum; his grandchildren, T.J. Jr., Heather, |
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| Jason, Amanda, Rebecca, Brandi, Tiffany, Jakob, Nicholas, |
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| Scott, Amber, and Brittany; his great-grandchildren, Hailey, |
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| Christopher, Rosa, Gavin, Quenton, and Lydia; his sister, |
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| Barbara Lambert; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Golden C. Barton; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Golden C. Barton as a symbol of our |
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| sympathy.
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