Full Text of SR1616 100th 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 Leonard Seward Sr. of Effingham, who | 4 | | passed away on April 10, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Seward Sr. was born in Effingham to Roll | 6 | | and Goldia Osborn Seward on March 11, 1938; he graduated from | 7 | | Effingham High School in 1957, where he participated in | 8 | | football, basketball, and track; his junior year, he joined the | 9 | | Army National Guard of Illinois, Co. F, 130th Infantry and was | 10 | | honorably discharged in August 1957 and then enlisted in the | 11 | | United States Army; after ballistic missiles and nuclear | 12 | | weapons training in New Mexico and Alabama, he was assigned to | 13 | | the 91st Ordinance Co., 371.10 BM Guidance and Control and sent | 14 | | overseas; he was honorably discharged in 1960; he graduated | 15 | | from DeVry Technical Institute, Chicago in 1962; he married | 16 | | Sharon Croft on October 15, 1961; after Sharon's death in 1966, | 17 | | and he married Nancy Walker-Heer on October 18, 1997; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Seward Sr. worked in electronics at | 19 | | Magnavox Corporation and the University of Illinois High Energy | 20 | | Physics Department for 23 years; for over 50 years, he was the | 21 | | owner of Seward Electronics, a company he started while still | 22 | | in high school; in the early 1980s, Seward Electronics entered | 23 | | the world of Satellite TV; he retired his business in 2014; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Seward Sr. was active in the Champaign | 2 | | County Republican party and served as both Vice Chair and | 3 | | Chair; he was Pesotum's precinct committeeman form 1968 until | 4 | | 2000; he served as a football usher supervisor at the | 5 | | University of Illinois for many seasons; he was a QB Club Board | 6 | | Member and a Member of Rebounders; he attended the 1991 Rose | 7 | | Bowl and Final Four tournament games; he became Singing Men of | 8 | | 'GNN member #7 in 1999 and enjoyed singing with his brothers in | 9 | | Christ for almost 20 years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Seward Sr. was a proud veteran and even | 11 | | more proud of the recent Air Force enlistments of twin | 12 | | grandsons Colin and Cody; he enjoyed growing vegetables, | 13 | | fruits, and flowers; he will be remember for his smile and | 14 | | laugh; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Seward Sr. was preceded in death by his | 16 | | first wife, Sharon; his parents; and his sister, Rose Lee | 17 | | Runner; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Seward Sr. is survived by his wife, Nancy; | 19 | | his children, Leonard Dean (Iwona) Seward Jr., Deanna (Robert) | 20 | | Moll, and Shari (Jeff) Lintner; his grandchildren, Leonard Dean | 21 | | Seward III, Colin Seward, Cody Seward, Hayley Seward, Olivia | 22 | | Seward, Annelise, Samantha, and Allison Mool, and Sharon and |
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| 1 | | Michael Linter; his sister, Delores Berry; his sister-in-law, | 2 | | Diana Whitt; his brother-in-law, John (Mary Beth) Walker; his | 3 | | nephews, Larry (Anne) Berry and Todd (Debbie) Whitt; his | 4 | | nieces, Debbie Berry Schroh and Emily and Sarah Walker; his | 5 | | great-nephews, Jonathan Schroh and Cade Whitt; and his | 6 | | great-niece, Mindy Berry (Michael) Tonderault; therefore, be | 7 | | it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Leonard Seward Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to his | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Leonard Seward Sr. as an expression | 15 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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