Full Text of SR0860 99th 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 Richard Allen "Dick" Welton, former Mayor | 4 | | of Gurnee, who passed away on July 31, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton was born on September 6, 1942 to | 6 | | Arthur and Mary Welton; he graduated from Warren Township High | 7 | | School in 1961 and from Carthage College in 1965, later serving | 8 | | on its board; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton took over management | 10 | | responsibilities of the Welton's Food Mart and helped it grow | 11 | | into a 5 store chain, employing over 1000 dedicated team | 12 | | members; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton was appointed as a Village of Gurnee | 14 | | Trustee in 1971; 2 years later, he was elected Mayor of Gurnee | 15 | | at the age of 30, the youngest Mayor in Illinois at the time; | 16 | | he retained this position for the next 28 years and led the | 17 | | expansion of Gurnee from a small village to a thriving | 18 | | community bringing in Great America, Gurnee Mills, and | 19 | | virtually every major residential and commercial development; | 20 | | he was the first Lake County Mayor to serve as President of the | 21 | | Illinois Municipal League; he took great pride in his work with | 22 | | the Lake County Joint Action Water Agency and served as its |
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| 1 | | first President; he was responsible for the formation of the | 2 | | Lake County Storm Water Management Commission following the | 3 | | 1986 record flood in Gurnee; he was a member of the PACE board | 4 | | for past 20 years and was on the Gurnee Economic Development | 5 | | Committee; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton was an active member of the Gurnee | 7 | | Exchange club for over 35 years, being honored with the "Book | 8 | | of Golden Deeds" award; he was instrumental in the development | 9 | | of the Gurnee Days Corporation, the Gurnee Park District, and | 10 | | the Warren Newport Library; he worked on the "Save Great Lakes | 11 | | Naval Station" campaign; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton was a lifelong member of the Gurnee | 13 | | Community Church; he was elected to the Warren Township High | 14 | | School Hall of Fame in the early 1990s; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 | | his father-in-law, Don Shannon; his brother and sister-in-law, | 17 | | Art and Lynn Welton; and his nephew, A.G. Hancock; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Welton is survived by his beloved wife, | 19 | | Debby (Shannon); his children, Natalie (Ross) Ellis, Dick | 20 | | (Maria) Welton, Jr., Stacy (Owen) Evans, Brett (Amy) Schmidt, | 21 | | and Kristan (Mike) Kolar; his grandchildren, Erika, Liam, | 22 | | Kaitlyn, Angelina, Jake, Jackson, and John; his mother-in-law, |
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| 1 | | Marilyn Fredrickson; his in-laws, Donna (Guy) Flaschner, Don | 2 | | (Lisa) Shannon, and Richard (Mario) Shannon; and his siblings, | 3 | | Maryann (Dr. Manooch) Sharifi, Harry (Gail) Welton, Martha | 4 | | (Marvin) Schmidt, Bill (Annette) Welton, Sara (Al) Hancock, and | 5 | | Nancy (Jim) Hayner; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Richard Allen "Dick" Welton, and extend our sincere condolences | 9 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Mayor Welton as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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