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SR0323 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Rylee Denae Britton of Springfield, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on April 28, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton, the daughter of Zachery and | ||||||
| 6 | Christine (Best) Britton, was born in Springfield on November | ||||||
| 7 | 8, 2006; in her younger years, she was a member of the GSA | ||||||
| 8 | Strikers soccer team; she attended Glenwood High School in | ||||||
| 9 | Chatham, where she played soccer and was a member of the swim | ||||||
| 10 | team; she planned on attending the University of Iowa; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton was employed at the YNOT Outdoors | ||||||
| 12 | After School Camp; she previously worked at DSW Designer Shoe | ||||||
| 13 | Warehouse, Express Personnel Services, and the YMCA; she also | ||||||
| 14 | served as a student intern at Chatham Elementary School; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton was a member of Cherry Hills | ||||||
| 16 | Church, where she sang in the Christmas Eve Service; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton loved music, performing in | ||||||
| 18 | productions at the Hoogland Center for the Arts and Theatre in | ||||||
| 19 | the Park; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton was known for her courageous and | ||||||
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| 1 | kindhearted nature; she faced every challenge with a brave | ||||||
| 2 | smile, inspiring those around her, and her infectious | ||||||
| 3 | positivity and warmth touched everyone she met; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton's story, though brief, will serve | ||||||
| 5 | as a testament of the love and joy she brought to others; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Rylee Britton is survived by her parents; her | ||||||
| 7 | siblings, Rachel and Eli; her boyfriend, Drew Moffit; her | ||||||
| 8 | grandparents, Lee and Karen Best and Jim and Carole Britton; | ||||||
| 9 | her great-grandparents, Stanley Fritz and Mardell Best; her | ||||||
| 10 | aunts and uncles, JT (Amy) Britton, Josh (Lara) Britton, and | ||||||
| 11 | Heather (Mitch) Jones; and her cousins, Alicia Britton, Thomas | ||||||
| 12 | Britton, Jackson Britton, Julia Britton, Noah Britton, Isaac | ||||||
| 13 | Britton, Jacob Sawyer, Trenton Sawyer, and Camden Sawyer; | ||||||
| 14 | therefore, be it | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Rylee Denae Britton and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Rylee Britton as an expression of | ||||||
| 22 | our deepest sympathy. | ||||||