Full Text of SR1776 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 Gerald A. Smith of Joliet, who passed | 4 | | away on April 14, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Smith was born in Chicago to Everett D. and | 6 | | Arla L. (Resler) Smith on December 8, 1934; he served in the | 7 | | United States Marine Corps; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Smith was a retired member of Local 150 | 9 | | Heavy Equipment Operators and Crest Hill Public Works; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Smith was a member of the Crest Hill Lions | 11 | | Club for many years; he was selected as Lion of the Year for | 12 | | 1973-1974; he enjoyed fishing, country music, playing Euchre | 13 | | and watching his sons play hockey and his daughter and | 14 | | granddaughters dance; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Smith was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 | | his grandson, Ian Kasky; and his sister, Betty Ruth Provost; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Smith is survived by his loving wife of 55 | 19 | | years, Shirley A. (Restaino); his children, Glen (Lori) Smith, | 20 | | Jodi-Ann (Harvey) Kasky, and Troy (Dr. Jennifer) Smith; his |
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| 1 | | grandchildren, Jeremy, Connor, and Jillian Smith, Julie-Ann, | 2 | | Hailey Rose, Kelsie Paige Kasky, and Jennifer (Kasky) Erickson, | 3 | | and Claire and Lee Brockway; his great-grandson, Jaxsen Zajac; | 4 | | his two sisters, Terri (Steven) Smith-Pfeiffer and Mary Etta | 5 | | Bechtel; his brother-in-law, James Restaino; and his nephew, | 6 | | Ereck Pfeiffer; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Gerald A. Smith, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Gerald Smith as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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