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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Harold William Wilkinson of Kerrville, 
4Texas, who passed away on January 15, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Harold Wilkinson was born in Alton to Harold and 
6Esther (Beatty) Wilkinson on May 23, 1930; he graduated from 
7Marquette High School in Alton and attended the United States 
8Naval Academy, where he played football and became a decorated 
9combat veteran of the Korean War; following the war, he  
10received a bachelor's degree in education from Shurtleff 
11College in Alton; he later completed his master's degree in 
12education from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; 
13he married Frances Angelina Aloisi on June 16, 1956; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Harold Wilkinson began his four-decade long 
15career in education as a history instructor in the Bunker Hill 
16school system in 1955, eventually becoming the principal of the 
17elementary/junior high school; he coached basketball and track 
18at Bunker Hill and coached football at the Western Military 
19Academy in Alton; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Following his retirement from the school system, 
21Harold Wilkinson worked at the Bunker Hill Gazette-News;  he 
22also served the Bunker Hill community as a city alderman, 
 
 
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1library board member, school board member, and on the board of 
2directors of Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton; he was a 
3member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus, and 
4Mensa; and
  
 
  
5    WHEREAS, Harold Wilkinson is survived by his wife, Frances; 
6his  sons, Mark (Tina) and Scott (Kerry); and his grandchildren, 
7Anthony (TJ),  Andrew (Danielle), Alexis, and Blake; therefore, 
8be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
11Harold William Wilkinson, and extend our sincere condolences to 
12his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
13further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to  the family of  Harold Wilkinson as an expression of 
16our deepest sympathy.