Full Text of SR1691 099th 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 Emmett "Joe" Williams of Collinsville, | 4 | | who passed away on March 22, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Williams was born on October 8, 1943 in | 6 | | Granite City; his parents were John Harold and Jeanette "Jean" | 7 | | Williams; he married Barbara Sedabres on March 9, 1988, in St. | 8 | | Louis, Missouri; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Williams worked at American Steel for 25 | 10 | | years and retired from Granite City Steel after 22 years of | 11 | | dedicated service as a millwright; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Williams served the Granite City community | 13 | | as a former fire and police commissioner and a precinct | 14 | | committeeman; he was also a former Cubmaster with the Boy | 15 | | Scouts of America and a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church | 16 | | in Granite City; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Williams enjoyed working bingo and | 18 | | spending time with his family and friends; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Williams was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Williams is survived by his beloved wife, | 2 | | Barbara; his children and their spouses, John and Gay Williams, | 3 | | David and Debbie Williams, Molly and Garrett Mullen, and Edward | 4 | | and Amy Morton; his grandchildren, Joshua and Kathy Williams, | 5 | | Jeremiah Williams, Zechariah Williams, Benjamin Williams, | 6 | | Connor Mullen, MaKenna Mullen, and Aiden Morton; his | 7 | | great-grandchild, Caleb Williams; his brother and | 8 | | sister-in-law, Jerry and Bonnie Williams; his many nieces and | 9 | | nephews; and his many other extended family members and | 10 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Emmett "Joe" Williams; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Emmett Williams as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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