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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Steve R. | ||||||
| 4 | Stroud of Elgin, who passed away on April 5, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud was born in
Aurora to James and | ||||||
| 6 | Eunice (Rudolf) Stroud on November 23, 1942; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | East Aurora High School in 1960 and served in the
United States | ||||||
| 8 | Army from 1960 to 1963; he was
stationed in Berlin and learned | ||||||
| 9 | Russian at the USA
Language School in California; he earned the | ||||||
| 10 | Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal (Berlin), the Good Conduct
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| 11 | Medal, and the Expert (M-14 Rifle) Army of Occupation
Medal | ||||||
| 12 | (Berlin); following his service, he earned his teaching degree | ||||||
| 13 | at Northern Illinois University; he married Laura in 1992; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud became a foreign language teacher at | ||||||
| 15 | Maine East High School and Maine South
High School in Park | ||||||
| 16 | Ridge; he taught Russian, French, and
German, took students on | ||||||
| 17 | trips to Russia and France, and wrote his own Russian
textbook; | ||||||
| 18 | he earned a
master's degree from the University of Illinois and | ||||||
| 19 | retired from Maine Township High School
District 207 in 1993; | ||||||
| 20 | and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud's first retirement project was | ||||||
| 22 | restoring his and Laura's historic
home on Douglas Ave; he had | ||||||
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| 1 | a passion for historic research and wrote a three volume series | ||||||
| 2 | on the old homes in Elgin as well as a history of Elgin's city | ||||||
| 3 | cemetaries; he also chronicled many of Elgin's historic | ||||||
| 4 | bungalow homes; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud served as a board member and | ||||||
| 6 | researcher for the Elgin History Museum and co-chaired
the | ||||||
| 7 | Annual Bluff City Cemetery Walk for 11 years with Laura; he | ||||||
| 8 | served on the Design Review Subcommittee for the Elgin Heritage
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| 9 | Commission
and was a founding member and past president of | ||||||
| 10 | A.B.O.D.E. (Admirers of Beautiful Old Dwellings in Elgin); and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud enjoyed flea markets and auctions, | ||||||
| 12 | plays and musicals, and traveling with Laura; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 14 | his brother, Michael Stroud; his
sister, Patricia Stroud; and | ||||||
| 15 | his stepdaughter, Anne Beauregard; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Steve Stroud is survived by his wife, Laura; his | ||||||
| 17 | stepson, Scott Beauregard; his brother, Tom
(Francine) Stroud; | ||||||
| 18 | his sister-in-law, Georgette Neumann; his grandchildren, | ||||||
| 19 | Gabriel and Rowan
Beauregard and Jacqueline and Kaitlin | ||||||
| 20 | Graziano; his nieces and nephews, Rebecca Smith,
Amy Stroud, | ||||||
| 21 | and Michael Scott Stroud; and numerous special friends and | ||||||
| 22 | colleagues; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we mourn the passing of Steve R. Stroud and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 4 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 5 | him; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Steve Stroud as an expression of our | ||||||
| 8 | deepest sympathy.
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