Full Text of SR1302 099th 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 Blair E. Smestad of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on November 5, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Blair Smestad was born on April 9, 1925 in | 6 | | Bemidji, Minnesota; he was adopted by Annie and William Smestad | 7 | | at the age of 6 months and grew up with them in Granite Falls, | 8 | | Minnesota; he later reconnected with his birth mother, Selma | 9 | | Dokken Maher, and met his brothers and sisters; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Blair Smestad served in the United States Army Air | 11 | | Corps at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; he was a licensed | 12 | | pilot and an instructor and manager of the flight school at | 13 | | Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul; he also served as a nursing | 14 | | home administrator and in various other capacities; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Blair Smestad was a member and elder at the | 16 | | Champaign Seventh-Day Adventist Church for nearly 50 years; as | 17 | | a member of the church, he led Bible studies, preached, and | 18 | | sang special music for his fellow believers; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Blair Smestad was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents; his brothers, Bob and Darrell Maher; his sons, Rick | 21 | | Smestad and Larry Smestad; his grandson, Eric Smestad; and his |
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| 1 | | daughter-in-law, Donna Smestad; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Blair Smestad is survived by his wife of 65 years, | 3 | | Lois Danielson Smestad; his children, Ann (Don) King and Brad | 4 | | (Deb) Smestad; his daughter-in-law, Tammy Smestad Cranston | 5 | | (Bob); his sisters, Pat (Hollis) Schwartz, Nancy (Dave) Andre, | 6 | | and Sally (Duwayn) Kirkvoid; his nephew, Paul (Marge) Maher; | 7 | | his 7 grandchildren; and his 11 great-grandchildren; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 11 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Blair E. Smestad; and | 12 | | be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Blair Smestad as an expression of | 15 | | our sympathy.
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