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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Albert C. "Butch" Fisher of Decatur, who 
4passed away on October 18, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Albert Fisher was born in Decatur to Everett 
6Charles and Juanita McDaniel Fisher on October 6, 1943; he 
7graduated from Atwood-Hammond High School and received his 
8agriculture degree from Southern Illinois University; he 
9served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and married 
10Sherlyn Sue Sykes at the Hammond United Methodist Church on 
11November 24, 1968; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Albert Fisher farmed and worked for Kemper 
13Insurance and Morton Buildings; he was a resource 
14conservationist for the Douglas County Soil and Water 
15Conservation District; he traveled to many schools and events 
16with his rainfall simulator and promoted no-till farming 
17methods prior to his retirement; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Albert Fisher was a member of the Hammond United 
19Methodist Church, a 50-year member of the Bement Masonic Lodge 
20#365, AF & AM, and a board member of the Piatt County Soil and 
21Water Conservation District; he was a former president of the 
22Atwood-Hammond School Board and a trustee of the Hammond 
 
 
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1Village Board; he was an avid horseman and was a member of the 
2American Road Horse Association; his greatest joy was spending 
3time with his grandchildren; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Albert Fisher was preceded in death by his 
5parents; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Albert Fisher is survived by his wife of nearly 50 
7years, Sherlyn; his son, Chuck (Shelly) Fisher; his daughter, 
8Carmen (Mark) Hamilton; his grandchildren, Carly, Chase, and 
9Camry Fisher and Andrew and Caitlyn Hamilton; his sister, 
10Patricia Heit; and his brother, Bill (Ellie) Miller; therefore, 
11be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Albert C. "Butch" Fisher and extend our sincere condolences to 
15his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
16further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to  the family of  Albert Fisher as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.