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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Clyde H. Wiseman, Jr. of Godfrey, who
4passed away on September 9, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born July 6, 1923, in Clarksburg, West
6Virginia and spent most of his life in and around Alton; he
7attended public schools and Shurtleff College in Alton and
8graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, In 1948, he became a member of the original
11announcing staff at Radio Station, WOKZ Alton, where he worked
1217 years, best known as the station's news director; in a 1959
13citywide election, he won a seat on Alton's City Council and 6
14years later was elected Mayor; after leaving the mayor's office
15he was selected to represent the Illinois Department of
16Business and Economic Development in the St. Louis Metropolitan
17Area; and
 
18    WHEREAS, In 1974, he assumed leadership of the Wood River
19Township Chamber of Commerce and was chairman of the
20Transportation Task Force of the East-West Gateway
21Coordinating Council in St. Louis; in 1976, he was named
22Director of Urban Affairs at the St. Louis Regional Commerce

 

 

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1and Growth Association, where he retired in 1988; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Clyde and Edith Delphene Wilson were married in
31948 and she preceded him in death; he later married Jacqueline
4Hirlinger; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church
6USA and a coordinator in the Lay Witness Movement of the United
7Methodist Church; he organized the Alton Area Presbyterian Men
8and established the Christian Men's Council; he was a member of
9the Masonic Fraternity, Scottish Rite Bodies, and Shrine; he
10was recipient of the Chevalier and Legion of Honor Degrees from
11the International Order of De Molay; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Clyde Wiseman, Jr. is survived by his daughter,
13Susan J. Turley; his son, Clyde; his wife, Jacqueline D.
14Hirlinger; his stepchildren, Kenneth and Christopher Hirlinger
15and Susan Elliott; his grandchildren; his great-grandchildren;
16and his step-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
19his family and friends, the passing of Clyde H. Wiseman, Jr.;
20and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the family of Clyde H. Wiseman, Jr. as a symbol of
2our sincere sympathy.