Full Text of SR0928 95th General Assembly
SR0928 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
Leonard G. "Spunky" Patton Jr. of West | | 4 |
| Frankfort, who passed away on November 9, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was born on August 21, 1945 in | | 6 |
| West Frankfort; his parents were L. Goebel Patton and Eileen H. | | 7 |
| Howell; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was a graduate of Southern | | 9 |
| Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. served his country with pride | | 11 |
| and distinction as a member of the United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was the owner and operator of | | 13 |
| the Howell Insurance Agency in West Frankfort, which was | | 14 |
| founded in 1914; a member of the third generation of the | | 15 |
| family-owned agency, he became fully involved in the business | | 16 |
| in the early 1970s; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was an avid supporter of youth | | 18 |
| and Redbird athletics; the youth tackle program Mr. Patton | | 19 |
| helped to create enjoyed its inaugural season in the fall of | | 20 |
| 1974 and lasted for ten years, before he helped to bring it to |
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| life once more in the late 1990s; he also coached girl's | | 2 |
| softball in tandem with Frankfort Community Park legend Bill | | 3 |
| McKee and helped bring about a grade school flag football | | 4 |
| program in the mid 1990s; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. was preceded in death by his | | 6 |
| mother, Eileen Lucas, and his sister, Colleen Hickey; and
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| WHEREAS, Leonard Patton Jr. is survived by his wife, Susan; | | 8 |
| his sons, Jason Patton and Ryan Patton; his daughters, Trish | | 9 |
| Blank and her husband, Bill, and their children, Ria and | | 10 |
| William, and Torie Patton; his father, L. Goebel Patton; and | | 11 |
| his sister, Penelope Tippy and her husband, Roger; therefore, | | 12 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Leonard G. "Spunky" | | 16 |
| Patton Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 18 |
| presented to the family of Leonard Patton Jr. as an expression | | 19 |
| of our sympathy.
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