Full Text of SR0176 96th General Assembly
SR0176 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Stephen J. Laing of Woodstock, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 1, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 3, 1939, in Chicago, to James E. | 6 |
| and Lorraine E. nee McCabe Laing; he married Sharon "Shari" | 7 |
| Gould on May 5, 1962, in Woodstock; and
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| WHEREAS, After his education, he joined the United States | 9 |
| Marine Corps and served from 1957 to 1960; after his tour of | 10 |
| duty, he started a lifelong journey as a firefighter; he got | 11 |
| his start in fire service in Wonder Lake on the Highland Shores | 12 |
| Rescue Squad in 1960 and continued with that department until | 13 |
| 1980, retiring as assistant chief; in 1972, he began his | 14 |
| full-time career on the Skokie Fire Department and retired from | 15 |
| there in 1996 as a lieutenant; in 1980, after moving to | 16 |
| Woodstock, he joined the Woodstock Fire & Rescue Department and | 17 |
| retired as captain in 1991; he began his career with the | 18 |
| McHenry Township Fire Protection District in 1987, leading the | 19 |
| fire prevention bureau and moving up to the rank of assistant | 20 |
| chief when he retired in 2006; the past few years he had been | 21 |
| working as a consultant in the fire prevention bureau for | 22 |
| Woodstock; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an avid NASCAR fan, especially of Dale | 2 |
| Earnhardt Sr., and he loved the Bears; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his mother, Lorraine; | 4 |
| and his father-in-law, Lloyd Gould; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, | 6 |
| friend and mentor to many; he is survived by his wife of 47 | 7 |
| years, Shari; his father, James E. Laing; his son, Steve R. | 8 |
| (Beth) Laing; four grandchildren, Alex, Cassie, Megan, and | 9 |
| Bridget Laing; his brothers, Michael (Sharon) Laing and Jim | 10 |
| Laing; his sister, Victoria (Tom) Helin; his mother-in-law, | 11 |
| Dorothy J. Gould; and his brothers-in-law, Dan (Cheri) Gould | 12 |
| and Alan (Bernadette) Gould; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Stephen Laing; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Stephen Laing as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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