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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Spencer William Lewis of Alton, who 
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passed away on November 16, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Spencer Lewis was born September 29, 1947, in 
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Alton to William D. and Freda (Budd) Lewis; he and the former 
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Martha Paddock were married on May 30, 1970, at St. Mary's 
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Catholic Church in Alton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served his country in the United States Air 
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Force and was employed at Illinois Bell Telephone Company, 
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retiring in 1994; he then went to work as a project manager for 
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General Dynamics in Iraq; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Spencer Lewis was a member of St. Mary's Catholic 
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Church in Alton and a member of the Alton Knights of Columbus; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, William 
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Lewis, and his father-in-law, Warren Paddock; and

 
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    WHEREAS,
In addition to his wife, Martha, surviving are his 
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mother, Freda Lewis; his two daughters, Marcy Lewis and Mandy 
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Lewis; his two sons and a daughter-in-law, Pat and Chrissy 
 


 






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Lewis and Brian Lewis; his four grandchildren, Gabrielle, A.J., 
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Maria, and John-Paul Lewis; his two brothers and 
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sisters-in-law, Tom and Jane Lewis, and Jim and Dee Lewis; his 
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sister and brother-in-law, Lorrainne and Mike Aubuchon; his 
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mother-in-law, Joan Paddock; and his sister-in-law and 
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brother-in-law, Barbara and Larry McCoy; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family, the passing of Spencer Lewis; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Spencer Lewis as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.