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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 Robert Lawrence Yancey of Godfrey, who |
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| passed away on March 16, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 3, 1925, in Alton, to Walter |
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| Scott and Mabel (Dougherty) Yancey; his parents died when he |
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| was young, and he was raised by Charlie and Alpha Yancey; he |
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| married Earlene Waggoner on June 25, 1949, in Brighton; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Yancey was a graduate of Brighton High School |
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| and Shurtleff College, where he received a degree in business |
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| administration; and
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| WHEREAS, He was unable to enlist in the military during |
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| World War II due to deafness in one ear, so he served as a |
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| battlefield medic with the 19th Indian Division of the British |
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| Fourteenth Army through the auspices of the American Field |
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| Service; he participated in engagements in India and Burma in |
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| 1943 and 1944 and was wounded at the Battle of Kohima in June |
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| of 1944; and
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| WHEREAS, After his return from the war, he worked at Warner |
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| Funeral Home and the Illinois Glass Company until he was |
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| drafted into the United States Navy; after his honorable |
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| discharge, he worked for Sinclair Oil Company, Piasa Motor |
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| Fuels, and the Southern Illinois University Dental School, |
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| where he retired in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church |
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| of Brighton; he was a Freemason for almost 60 years; he was a |
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| volunteer at Alton Memorial Hospital and a devoted family man; |
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| he loved to travel and he loved dogs; he will be remembered for |
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| his sense of humor, his thoughtfulness, and his generosity; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Earlene; his |
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| parents; his brother, Joe; and his sisters, Dorothy, Maude, and |
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| Louise; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Yancey is survived by his brother, Bill; |
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| his son, Charles (Vicki); his daughter, Elizabeth (Doug); his |
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| son, Jonathan; and his grandchildren, Robert L. Yancey, Joseph |
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| Yancey, Stephanie Leavell, and Clayton Leavell; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Robert Yancey; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |