SR0353 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0353 LRB102 18825 ECR 27533 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Oscar William Carlson Jr. of Silvis, who passed away on May 26, 2021; and

WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson was born to Oscar W. Sr. and Leona VanDeWeghe Carlson in Kewanee on October 22, 1938; he was educated in Cambridge schools and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1956; he attended St. Ambrose College in Davenport and then graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in February of 1961; he then attended Officer Candidate School for the United States Navy from February of 1961 to July of 1964; he had been home ported out of Newport during active duty and went on several cruises to Europe and the Caribbean; he was a full lieutenant when he left the Navy; and

WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson worked at Stanley Consultants in Muscatine, Iowa from 1964 to 1987; he then worked for the C.T. Main Company in Charlotte, North Carolina for three years; in 1990, he transferred to the Cincinnati, Ohio office of R. M. Parsons Company; he retired in 1998 and returned to the Quad City area he loved, where he met and married Margaret "Peggy" Schmid on October 12, 2001; and

WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Nancy; and his brother, Richard; and

WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson is survived by his wife, Peggy; his many nieces and nephews; and his great-nieces and great-nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Oscar William Carlson and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Oscar Carlson as an expression of our deepest sympathy.