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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of William Lyons of Hanna City, who passed
4 away on August 8, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, William Lyons was born on April 8, 1930, in
6 Harrisburg; his parents were Earl H. and Rosa E. Alexander
7 Lyons; he married Mary Belle Harrison on November 30, 1952; and
 
8     WHEREAS, William Lyons worked at Caterpillar Inc. in East
9 Peoria for 33 years, retiring as a storage control clerk in
10 1980; and
 
11     WHEREAS, William Lyons was an active member of the Eagles
12 Lodge and American Legion Post 979 in Bartonville; and
 
13     WHEREAS, William Lyons was preceded in death by his sister,
14 Mildred Putman; and his brothers, Marvin, Joe, and Frank Lyons;
15 and
 
16     WHEREAS, William Lyons is survived by his sons, Kevin Lyons
17 and Cal (Joni) Lyons; his grandchildren, Callie (David) Jayne,
18 Cara (Joel) Fulkerson, and Julie Lyons; his
19 great-granddaughter, Audrey Claire Jayne; his brother, Kenneth
20 Lyons; and his sister, Mary Lois (Carl) Harrison of East

 

 

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1 Peoria; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 his family and friends, the passing of William Lyons; and be it
5 further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of William Lyons as an expression of
8 our sympathy.