Full Text of SR0819 97th 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 Mary Belle Lyons of Peoria, formerly of | 4 | | Hanna City, who passed away on June 10, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born March 17, 1931, in Flora, to Jesse | 6 | | and Velma (King) Harrison; she married William C. "Bill" Lyons | 7 | | on November 30, 1952; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, She worked for Illinois Bell and AT&T for over 35 | 9 | | years before retiring in 1988 as a dispatch controller; she was | 10 | | a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and I.B.E.W. | 11 | | Local 34; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, She was an avid and longtime volunteer at Peoria | 13 | | Neighborhood House, volunteered weekly at Bel-Wood Nursing | 14 | | Home for 15 years, and was remembered for her involvement with | 15 | | the Hanna City Grade School PTA, as a Cub Scout den mother, and | 16 | | as a sheriff's tour guide at the Peoria County Jail; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her | 18 | | parents; her brother, Carl D. Harrison; and her sister, L. | 19 | | Maxine Bailey Williams; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Mary Belle Lyons is survived by her sons, Cal |
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| 1 | | (Joni) Lyons and Kevin Lyons; her grandchildren, Callie (David) | 2 | | Jayne, Cara (Joel) Fulkerson, and Julie Lyons; her | 3 | | great-grandchildren, Audrey Claire Jayne, Lydia Paige Jayne, | 4 | | Ezra Anthony Fulkerson, and Annie Joy Fulkerson; her brother, | 5 | | James T. Harrison; and James E. (Tammy) Dalrymple, whom she | 6 | | treated as a son; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 | | her family and friends, the passing of Mary Belle Lyons; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Mary Belle Lyons as a symbol of our | 13 | | sincere sympathy.
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