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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION |
2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
3 | | to learn of the death of Patrick L. "Pat" Ward of Peoria, who |
4 | | passed away on March 10, 2024; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Pat Ward was born to William R. and Theresa |
6 | | (Murray) Ward in Peoria on March 23, 1950; he married Kathleen |
7 | | Berchtold in Peoria on February 12, 2005; and |
8 | | WHEREAS, Pat Ward worked and retired as chairman of South |
9 | | Side Bank in Peoria; he later owned and operated National |
10 | | Marine Sales in Peoria Heights; he was the retired chairman of |
11 | | Mid Illinois Bank Corp and a former teacher at Illinois |
12 | | Central College; he was also previously an owner of the Peoria |
13 | | Pirates football team and a founder of the Junior Football |
14 | | League (JFL) in Peoria; and |
15 | | WHEREAS, Pat Ward was a past board member and president of |
16 | | the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate Clinic, a past board member of |
17 | | Easterseals and Eureka College, a past board member and |
18 | | chairman of the Peoria Gridiron Dinner, a board member and |
19 | | state chair of the American Institute of Bankers, a lifetime |
20 | | member of the St. Patrick's Society in Peoria, and a board |
21 | | member of the South Side Office of Concern, the South Side |
22 | | Businessmen's Club, the Peoria Chamber of Commerce, the Peoria |