Full Text of SR0353 95th General Assembly
SR0353 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Richard Swaim of Cape Girardeau, | 4 |
| Missouri, who passed away on August 31, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Swaim was born on September 27, 1918, in | 6 |
| Memphis, Tennessee; he was the son of George H. and Anne | 7 |
| Dickson Swaim; he married Mildred Smith on April 6, 1941; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Swaim attended high school in Kansas City, | 9 |
| Missouri and graduated from Central Methodist University in | 10 |
| 1937; he entered the banking profession in Kansas City at | 11 |
| Columbia National Bank, where he held several positions until | 12 |
| he joined the FDIC as a bank examiner in 1942; he went on to | 13 |
| serve in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 and served 26 | 14 |
| months overseas in the finance department; upon his return, he | 15 |
| served as vice president and cashier of the Bank of | 16 |
| Independence from 1947 until 1958, when he was employed by the | 17 |
| First National Bank of Cape Girardeau as its executive vice | 18 |
| president; he was elected president of the First National Bank | 19 |
| of Cape Girardeau in 1961, where he remained until his | 20 |
| retirement in 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Swaim was the recipient of the | 22 |
| distinguished service award for the state of Missouri by the |
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| Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1953; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Swaim was associated with many | 3 |
| professional organizations; he was president of the Missouri | 4 |
| Bankers Association in 1968; he was a member of the Appellate | 5 |
| Judicial Commission for six years; he was a member of Cape | 6 |
| Downtown Rotary and the Tower Club; he presided over a Thursday | 7 |
| men's lunch group at the Cape Girardeau Country Club for many | 8 |
| years; and he is a past board member of the Missouri State | 9 |
| Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Cape Girardeau Development | 10 |
| Corporation, the Saint Francis Medical Center, and the Board of | 11 |
| Governors of the Cape Girardeau Country Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Swaim was preceded in death by his | 13 |
| parents; his brother; and his sister; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Swaim is survived by his wife, Mildred; | 15 |
| his son, Robert; his daughter, Kathy Swaim Boldrey; his | 16 |
| grandsons, Dr. Andrew Boldrey and Aaron Boldrey; his | 17 |
| granddaughter, Jenny Keppler; his great-grandson, Brady | 18 |
| Keppler; and his sister, Anne Fritts; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| his friends and family, the passing of Richard Swaim; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Richard Swaim as an expression of | 3 |
| our sympathy.
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