Full Text of SR0938 095th General Assembly
SR0938 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Daniel Silverthorn of Afton, Iowa, who | 4 |
| passed away on November 20, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Silverthorn was born on December 7, 1920 in | 6 |
| Monroe Township in Madison County, Iowa; his parents were Eva | 7 |
| Belle (Brady) and Oliver Daniel Silverthorn; he married Georgia | 8 |
| Tabitha (McDonald) on November 27, 1941 in Grant City, | 9 |
| Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Silverthorn graduated from Macksburg High | 11 |
| School in 1939; he then lived and farmed in Iowa, then Missouri | 12 |
| before moving to Afton, Iowa in 2003, where he remained until | 13 |
| his passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Silverthorn was a member of the Alton, | 15 |
| Missouri Assembly of God Church and accepted Christ as his | 16 |
| Savior at the Beulah Chapel in Lorimor in the early 1950s; he | 17 |
| attended the Fellowship Church in Lorimor until he moved to | 18 |
| Missouri and served as a deacon and elder at the various | 19 |
| churches he attended; he was also a member of the Carpenters | 20 |
| Local #106; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel Silverthorn was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his sister, Cleo Belle Silverthorn; and his brother, | 2 |
| Dale Silverthorn; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Daniel Silverthorn is survived by his wife, | 4 |
| Georgia; his sons, Danny Joe "Dan" (wife, Nancy) Silverthorn, | 5 |
| Freddy Dean "Fred" (wife, Roberta) Silverthorn, and Samuel | 6 |
| Louis "Sam" (wife, Donna) Silverthorn; his brother, Dwight | 7 |
| (wife, Afada) Silverthorn; and his seven grandchildren and 12 | 8 |
| great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Daniel Silverthorn; and | 12 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Daniel Silverthorn as an expression | 15 |
| of our sympathy.
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