SR0041 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of L. John Lee; and

WHEREAS, L. John Lee grew up on a farm near Paxton and was a farmer by trade; he also worked as a broom-maker at the France Broom Company in Paxton; in 1961, he left that job to begin a long career as a real estate and insurance agent; in 1983, he sold his insurance business and purchased a 180-acre grain farm and hog operation in Hardin County, where he served as a director on the Pope/Hardin County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and Farm Bureau Boards; and

WHEREAS, L. John Lee was elected to serve as a Paxton City Alderman in 1965; 1969, he was elected to the first of his 2 terms as Mayor of Paxton; and

WHEREAS, During L. John Lee's tenure as Mayor, the City of Paxton gained over 200 manufacturing jobs through the arrival of the Baltimore Aircoil Company next to Interstate 57; and

WHEREAS, L. John Lee is survived by his daughter, Angie Lee; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of L. John Lee; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of L. John Lee as an expression of our sympathy.