Bill Text: IL SR0473 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Alfred William Wilson, Jr. of North Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0473 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0473-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Alfred William Wilson, Jr. of North | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago, who passed away on January 8, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. was born in Waukegan on | ||||||
| 6 | November 17, 1934 to Alfred W. Wilson, Sr. and Edna White; he | ||||||
| 7 | served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Mechanic | ||||||
| 8 | during the Korean War, receiving an Honorable Discharge; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. retired from Abbott | ||||||
| 10 | Laboratories in 1983; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. was very active in the North | ||||||
| 12 | Chicago Community, participating in the Saturday Nite Live | ||||||
| 13 | Bowling League and the North Shore Duffers (golf) Club; he | ||||||
| 14 | served as a North Chicago Board of Education District 64 | ||||||
| 15 | member, the first President of the North Chicago Boys' Baseball | ||||||
| 16 | Organization, as President of the North Chicago Rotary Club | ||||||
| 17 | from 1976 to 1977, a United Way Board of Directors member from | ||||||
| 18 | 1976 to 1981, and as a member of the Heart Association of Lake | ||||||
| 19 | County in 1975; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Alfred Wilson, Jr. is survived by his wife of 58 | ||||||
| 21 | years, Loretta; his children, Dianna (Herman) Parker, Alfred | ||||||
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| 1 | (Kathy) W. Wilson, IV, Cynthia Wilson, and Laon Wilson; his | ||||||
| 2 | mother, Edna Schroeder; his 4 siblings; his 7 grandchildren; | ||||||
| 3 | his 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; | ||||||
| 4 | therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 7 | Alfred William Wilson, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 8 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 9 | it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Alfred Wilson, Jr. as an expression | ||||||
| 12 | of our deepest sympathy.
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