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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Herbert Wood of Port Byron; and
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4 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood was born in Tipperary, Iowa on August |
5 | | 8, 1922; he lost his mother when he was less than a year old and |
6 | | was cared for by his grandparents until becoming the son of |
7 | | Vaniellia and Fagan Wood and moving to Bend, Oregon; he |
8 | | graduated from Bend High School; when World War II broke out, |
9 | | he enlisted in the United States Navy and became a fighter |
10 | | pilot, flying a Grumman Hellcat off the USS Yorktown, VF88 over |
11 | | Japan; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood worked as an international account |
13 | | manager for AT&T, representing the John Deere Communications |
14 | | Division; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, Herbert Wood had a love of flying; he was a member |
16 | | of the Quiet Birdmen and started the Quad Cities Air Show with |
17 | | Dwayne Evans in the 1960s; he was an avid hunter, competitive |
18 | | skeet shooter, field trail participant, and pool shark; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Community service involvement was important to |
20 | | Herb Wood; he served with the Lions Club, the Oak Grove |
21 | | Community Center, the Arrowhead Ranch, and Youth at Risk; and |