Bill Text: IL SR1382 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Edwin Holt of Colona.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1382 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1382-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 Edwin Holt of Colona, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 14, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Edwin Holt was born on May 15, 1926 in Mountain | ||||||
| 6 | View, Arkansas; his parents were William and Lena Jefferies | ||||||
| 7 | Holt; he married Lena E. Baxter on May 4, 1948 in Mountain | ||||||
| 8 | View; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Edwin Holt served as a gunner with the United | ||||||
| 10 | States Army in the European Theatre during World War II; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Edwin Holt retired from Alcoa in 1988 after many | ||||||
| 12 | years of service; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Edwin Holt was a self-taught musician and could | ||||||
| 14 | play anything with strings; he also enjoyed woodworking and | ||||||
| 15 | making airplanes out of pop cans; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Edwin Holt was preceded in death by his daughter, | ||||||
| 17 | Sharon; his brothers, Jack, Jake, Jesse, and JC; and his | ||||||
| 18 | sisters, Isabelle and Flossie; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Edwin Holt is survived by his wife, Lena; his | ||||||
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| 1 | daughters, Debra (Kenny) Collis and Pam Gooch; his son-in-law, | ||||||
| 2 | Melvin (Edel) Miller; his grandchildren, Jason, Jeremy, | ||||||
| 3 | Justin, Stacy, Shawna, Amber, Sarah, and Rachel; his 21 | ||||||
| 4 | great-grandchildren; his 3 great-great-grandchildren; his | ||||||
| 5 | brother, Jap Holt; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, | ||||||
| 6 | be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 9 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Edwin Holt; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Edwin Holt as an expression of our | ||||||
| 13 | sympathy.
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