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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of William Arnold Ashby of
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| Chicago on April 11, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ashby was born on February 14, 1940, in |
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| Owensboro, Kentucky, to Horace Sr. and Helen (Bowles) Ashby; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He began his career in law enforcement as an |
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| Illinois county employee and actively served as a city employee |
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| for 33 years; he was a county sheriff, city investigator, |
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| bodyguard to Mayor Richard M. Daley and, most recently, |
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| Assistant Commissioner for the Department of Consumer Services - |
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| Public Vehicle Division; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Wilhelmena Mayfield on October 26, |
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| 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; one |
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| brother, John Price; and three sisters, Frieda Nelson, Dorothy |
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| Stewart, and Anna Marie Carter; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William Arnold Ashby is felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Wilhelmena; his |
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| daughters, Adrienne (Charles) Stone, Aleathea Wilson, Wilda |
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| Ashby, and Cynthia Shelton-Ashby; his sons, Leroy (Rosetta) |
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| House and Joseph (Melvlyn) House; his grandchildren and |
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| great-grandchildren; his sisters, Helen (Robert) Wingard, |
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| Audrey Carter, and Evelyn Williams; his brother, Horace Ashby |
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| Jr.; and his nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, |
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| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |