Full Text of SR0876 94th General Assembly
SR0876 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Richard A. "Steve" Stevenson passed away on | 3 |
| October 26, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Steve was born on February 28, 1923, in Anaheim, | 5 |
| California, to Earl and Hazel (Crooks) Stevenson; and
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| WHEREAS, His family moved from Anaheim to Missouri, where | 7 |
| they bought a dairy farm; he and his brother, Del, worked many | 8 |
| cattle drives and milking sessions together; Steve had a strong | 9 |
| work ethic, a trait that he carried with him through his entire | 10 |
| life; and
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| WHEREAS, While in Missouri, Steve was known as the town | 12 |
| boxer, and he competed in the county fairs;
he honorably served | 13 |
| his country in the United States Marines during World War II, | 14 |
| serving at Pearl Harbor; and
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| WHEREAS, Steve was a barber for more than 60 years; his | 16 |
| first shop was in Wilmette, and then he lived briefly in | 17 |
| Brevard, North Carolina, before coming to Carterville in July | 18 |
| 1980; he was a member of the Carterville First United Methodist | 19 |
| Church, the Lions Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary | 20 |
| Club, the Carterville American Legion Post, the Carterville | 21 |
| Pantry, the Garden Club, and the USMC Shawnee Detachment | 22 |
| League; he served as a city council member for more than 16 | 23 |
| years; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, He was a hard-working father and grandfather who | 25 |
| loved the St. Louis Cardinals and loved to grow his hybrid tea | 26 |
| roses, but most of all he loved his family and helping people | 27 |
| in his community; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard A. Stevenson is survived by his son, | 29 |
| Richard Allen Stevenson II of Carterville; his daughters and |
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| sons-in-law, Patricia Ann and Stuart Anderson, Judith Maria | 2 |
| Trexler, Barbara and Dennis Grimard, and Therese Madonna and | 3 |
| Joe Furlow; his brother and sister-in-law, Delmar and Marian | 4 |
| Stevenson; his grandchildren and their spouses, Shan and Katie | 5 |
| Foster, Tom and Amy Foster, Shari and Tim Alexander, Annie | 6 |
| Trexler, Joseph and Amanda Trexler, Patrick Trexler, Kelly Lis, | 7 |
| Grant Grimard, Anna Beth Purcell, Grace Stevenson, Linda | 8 |
| "Lindy" Stevenson, and Richard Allen "Trey" Stevenson III; | 9 |
| feline grandchild, Billy Furlow; his great-grandchildren, Kai | 10 |
| Alexander and Liam Alexander, Trent Foster, Hannah Trexler, and | 11 |
| another one on the way; his nephews, Lee, Ray, Bruce Stevenson, | 12 |
| and Kevin Stevenson; his many other nieces and nephews; and his | 13 |
| faithful companion, Kathy Surprenant;
he was preceded in death | 14 |
| by his parents; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 |
| Richard Stevenson and extend our condolences to his family at | 18 |
| this time; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Richard Stevenson.
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