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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Stephen D. Smouse of Antioch, who passed 
4away on November 5, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse was born in Ottawa to Kenneth and 
6Elizabeth "Betty" (Dowd) Smouse on May 22, 1952; he moved to 
7Antioch with his family in 1956 and attended Antioch Grade 
8School and Antioch Community High School, graduating in 1970;   
9he attended Millikin University in Decatur and Carthage 
10College, Kenosha, Wisconsin; he graduated from the Worsham 
11College of Mortuary Science in  Chicago in 1978; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse worked for Roadway Express, and 
13after graduating, began working for the Strang Funeral Home, 
14eventually becoming manager; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse served as  an Antioch Township 
16Trustee beginning in 1997; he served as Antioch Township 
17Supervisor and was instrumental in building the Antioch-Lake 
18Villa Township Center and the Tim Osmond Sports Park; he 
19started the tri-township bus with Lake Villa and Grant 
20Townships; he held several FEMA certifications; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse was a member of the Illinois 
 
 
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1Township Officials Association, the Illinois Township 
2Supervisors Association, and president of the Antioch Hillside 
3Cemetery Association; he was a member of the Antioch Historical 
4Society, the Antioch Plan Commission, the Antioch Arbor Day 
5Committee, the Antioch Jaycees, Friends of the Antioch Library, 
6and many other professional organizations; he was a 25-year 
7member of the Antioch Rotary Club and a 22-year member and 
8paramedic for the Antioch Rescue Squad; he earned his pilots 
9license in 1982; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse is survived by his wife, Gerianne 
11(Spellman); his daughter, Casey (Richard) Hafferkamp; his 
12siblings, Jerry (Jody) Smouse, Rick Smouse, Jeff (Shari) 
13Smouse, and Betsy Smouse; his grandchildren, Ashley, Wyatt, 
14Lily, Luke, and Bennett; and many nieces and nephews; 
15therefore, be it
  
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
18Stephen D. Smouse, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
19family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
20further
  
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
22presented to  the family of  Stephen Smouse as an expression of 
23our deepest sympathy.