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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 Jerry W. Nairn of Jerseyville, who passed 
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away on August 3, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on October 1, 1959 in Alton, one of 
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four sons born to the late Gerald "Windy" and Alice Marie 
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(Bradfisch) Nairn; he graduated in 1977 from Jersey Community 
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High School; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He married Betty Crull on October 1, 1976 in 
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Grafton; he worked at B.J. Schroeder Appliances in Jerseyville 
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and was a 20-year employee at Owens-Brockway in Godfrey before 
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his retirement; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He served as a police officer for the villages of 
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Grafton and Brighton, and as a deputy with the Jersey County 
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Sheriff's Office; he was later employed as a Unified 
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Intervention Delinquent Service Counselor with the Jersey 
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County Probation Office, and was also employed with the 
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Illinois Youth Center at Pere Marquette in Grafton; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He later became the Director of Maintenance at the 
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Alton Y.W.C.A., and was also employed as the Director of 
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Maintenance with the city of Grafton; he enjoyed entertaining 
 


 






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at the "Redneck Resort" and enjoyed boating, fishing, and 
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motorcycling; and
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his 
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infant brother, David John Nairn; his mother-in-law, Alice 
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(McGiffen) Crull; his father-in-law, Plowman Laverne Crull; 
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and his nephew, Matthew Crull; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Jerry Nairn is survived by his wife, Betty Nairn; 
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his daughters and sons-in-law, Krista and Derek Barnard and 
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Alison and Jim Clark; his son and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and 
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Tiffany Nairn; his grandchildren, Connor, Windy Ann, and Ian 
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Bernard, Annamarie, Emma, and Tessa Clark; his brothers and 
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sisters-in-law, Russ and Kari Nairn and Chris and Lisa Nairn; 
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and his nieces and nephews, Kelsee and John David Nairn and 
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Olivia and Luke Nairn; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Jerry Nairn; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Jerry Nairn as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.