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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 Paul J. Stilwell of Godfrey, who passed 
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away on May 8, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born April 15, 1917, in Alton, the son of 
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Otto C. and Caroline (Hilt) Stilwell Sr.;
on December 10, 1939, 
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in Alton, he married the former Adeline M. Wilkening; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Paul Stilwell was a firefighter for the city of 
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Alton for 31 years and the fire chief from 1970 until retiring 
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in 1977; he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, 
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was an expert carpenter, loved hunting, was an avid Cardinal 
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fan, and enjoyed reading western novels; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in 
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Alton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his 
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brothers, Ralph L., Otto C. Jr., and Walter H. Stilwell; and 
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his sisters, Helen Smith, Dorothy Ford, and Gertrude Oettle; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Paul Stilwell is survived by his wife, Adeline; 
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his two sons, Richard Paul Stilwell and his wife, Helen M., and 
 


 






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Michael Stephen Stilwell and his girlfriend, Amanda Goon; his 
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grandchildren, Caroline Soo Stilwell, Joseph Paul Stilwell, 
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Jane E. Stilwell, and Evan M. Stilwell; his sister, Marian 
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Hill; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH 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 Paul J. Stilwell; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Paul J. Stilwell as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.