Full Text of SR2196 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Leslie D. "Les" Wilson of South | 4 | | Jacksonville, who passed away on November 2, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Les Wilson was born in Kansas City, Missouri to | 6 | | John Leslie and Blanche Ruth Pyle Wilson on April 11, 1928; as | 7 | | a child, he lived in Denver, Cheyenne, and Phoenix before | 8 | | settling in the Los Angeles area; he graduated from Mark Keppel | 9 | | High School in Alhambra, California in 1948, where he played | 10 | | football and was a member of the track team; he married Lois | 11 | | Yingst on September 17, 1950; he enlisted in the U.S. Army in | 12 | | 1950 and would be deployed, first to Japan and then to Korea, | 13 | | where he would serve as a truck driver; he was discharged in | 14 | | August of 1952, and he and Lois settled in Anaheim; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Les Wilson was a business owner in the paint and | 16 | | wallpaper industry with Lois joining him in an administrative | 17 | | role; he sold his business in 1975 and went to work for Midwest | 18 | | Fasteners in Orange, California; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Les Wilson and Lois retired to Silver City, New | 20 | | Mexico in 1988; they celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary | 21 | | with a trip to Europe; while living in Silver City, Les was an | 22 | | active member of American Legion Post 17 and the Honor Guard; |
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| 1 | | Les and Lois enjoyed square dancing with the Rainbow Squares | 2 | | when living in Orange and square danced for years with the | 3 | | White Signal 49er's of Grant County, New Mexico; they were | 4 | | active members of the Grant County Republican Party; Les and | 5 | | Lois moved to South Jacksonville in 2014; in October of 2015, | 6 | | Les visited the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. as part | 7 | | of a trip with the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Les Wilson was preceded in death by his wife, | 9 | | Lois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Les Wilson is survived by his children, Steve | 11 | | Wilson and DeeAnn (Tom) Roome; his grandchildren, Alicia, | 12 | | Stacie, Daniel, Christine, Chris, and John; his | 13 | | great-grandchildren; his very special, look-alike, double | 14 | | cousin, Joann Pyle Sherman; and several nieces and nephews; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Leslie D. "Les" Wilson and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Les Wilson as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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