Full Text of SR0529 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Gertrude Louise Sward of Harvard, who | 4 | | passed away on August 9, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward was born on July 4, 1923 in | 6 | | Rockford; her parents were Claude O. and Myrtle L. (nee Pihl) | 7 | | Pagles; she married Lawrence Henry Sward, Jr. on January 16, | 8 | | 1946 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Harvard; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward graduated from Harvard High School | 10 | | in 1941; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward was a devoted farm wife and | 12 | | homemaker; she was also employed at Woodstock Manufacturing | 13 | | Corporation for 23 years and worked at J.L. Clark Manufacturing | 14 | | Company in Rockford before her marriage; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward was a member of Trinity Evangelical | 16 | | Lutheran Church for 76 years; she was a member of the Women of | 17 | | the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, where she served as | 18 | | treasurer; she was an associate member of the Elizabeth Circle | 19 | | and a 4-H leader; she was a member of the West Dunham | 20 | | Homemakers and the Harvard Village Quilters; she was also a | 21 | | volunteer for the Harvard Hospital Auxiliary and a member of |
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| 1 | | the American Legion Auxiliary; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward enjoyed gardening and quilting; | 3 | | she generously shared her garden bounties and could always be | 4 | | counted on to bring food to her church; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward was preceded in death by her | 6 | | husband, Henry; her son, Steven Allen Sward; her parents; and | 7 | | her brother, Orville Pagles; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Gertrude Sward is survived by her daughters, | 9 | | Roxanne (Charles) Sundin and Jennifer (James) Mudrock; her | 10 | | grandchildren, Sharon (Joseph) Rucinski, Douglas Sundin, | 11 | | Jeffrey (Rebecca) Mudrock, Jason Mudrock, and Jana Mudrock; her | 12 | | great-grandchild, Mason Rucinski; her sisters, Jeannette | 13 | | McCullough, Hanna Brady, and Ruth (Howard) Walker; and her | 14 | | sister-in-law, Dolores Hobbs; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 17 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Gertrude Louise Sward; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Gertrude Sward as an expression of | 21 | | our sympathy.
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