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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Russell D. Smith of |
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| Princeton, formerly of Ohio, Illinois, on Monday, August 23, |
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| 2004; and |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smith was born on January 2, 1928 in Buda to |
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| Earl and Gladys (Osborne) Smith; he married Catherine Joan |
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| McManus on August 11, 1950 in Wyoming, Illinois; and |
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| WHEREAS, He was a 1945 graduate of Toulon High School and |
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| attended Iowa State University; he graduated from the |
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| University of Illinois with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine |
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| degree; he practiced in the Ohio area and served as |
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| superintendent for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, |
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| meat and poultry inspection; and |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smith valiantly served his country as a member |
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| of the U.S. Navy and was a member of Princeton Moose Lodge 1339 |
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| and the Illinois Veterinary Association; and |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Smith has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially his wife, Catherine; his children, Mark Smith, |
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| Cathy (Chuck) Lovgren, Mary (Rodney) Healey-Mills, Jim (Nancy) |
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| Smith, Mike (Doris) Smith, Tim (Aggie) Smith, and Tom (Carol) |
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| Smith; his brothers, Leon (Kaye) Smith and Dale (Esther) Smith; |
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| his 13 grandchildren; and his nine great-grandchildren; he was |
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| preceded in death by his parents and one son-in-law, Thomas |
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| Healey; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Russell D. Smith, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| further
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