Full Text of HR0919 095th General Assembly
HR0919 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Paul E. | 4 |
| Forby of Benton, who passed away on January 1, 2008; Mr. Forby | 5 |
| was the father of our colleague, Illinois State Senator Gary | 6 |
| Forby; and
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| WHEREAS, Paul E. Forby was born December 23, 1924, in | 8 |
| Makanda, the son of Homer Forby and Ethel (Maze) Forby; he was | 9 |
| raised by his stepfather, Herbert Draper; he married the former | 10 |
| Betty June Elkins on August 27, 1943; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked as a superintendent for E.T. Simonds for | 12 |
| 18 years and then worked as a coal miner at Freeman Mine 6 in | 13 |
| Waltonville for 19 years and retired at age 62; he was a member | 14 |
| of UMWA, Benton Masonic Lodge, and the Shrine Temple and Steel | 15 |
| City Baptist Church; he enjoyed golfing and camping with his | 16 |
| wife, Betty, in Texas and Florida; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Forby was preceded in death by his parents; | 18 |
| his stepfather, Herbert Draper; and one granddaughter, Melissa | 19 |
| Forby; and
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| WHEREAS,
Paul E. Forby is survived by his wife, Betty June | 21 |
| Forby; his three sons, Illinois State Senator Gary Forby and |
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| wife, Angie, Mike Forby and wife, Glenda, and Eric Forby and | 2 |
| wife, Amy; his eight grandchildren, Lisa Black and husband, | 3 |
| Mike, Justin Forby, Jeremy and Mackenzie Fleetwood, Dustin | 4 |
| Forby, Melissa Cole and husband, Kevin, and Jake and Zack | 5 |
| Forby; his three great-grandchildren, Hanna Forby, and Trey and | 6 |
| Chase Cole; his brother, Homer Forby and wife, Niecey; and | 7 |
| several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Paul | 11 |
| E. Forby; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Paul E. Forby as a symbol of our | 14 |
| sincere sympathy.
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