Full Text of SR0636 95th General Assembly
SR0636 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Max Stewart of Raymond, who passed away | 4 |
| on March 24, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Max Stewart was born on March 5, 1941 in Girard; | 6 |
| his parents were Henry and Ruth Bethard Stewart; he married | 7 |
| Karen Sue Wilton on January 8, 1960 in Hannibal, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Max Stewart graduated from Raymond High School in | 9 |
| 1959; after graduation, he attended Brown's Business College in | 10 |
| Springfield and went to work at The State Journal-Register, | 11 |
| where he worked for several years; he also attended | 12 |
| auctioneering school in Colorado and established the Auction | 13 |
| House in Farmersville; he then worked at Timmerman's in | 14 |
| Litchfield and John Deere in Nokomis before moving his family | 15 |
| to Florissant, Missouri, where he worked many years for the | 16 |
| Globe Democrat and later the St. Louis Post Dispatch; he also | 17 |
| wrote sporting columns for the nationally acclaimed Sporting | 18 |
| News magazine and was a tax preparer for H&R Block during tax | 19 |
| season; and
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| WHEREAS, After moving back to central Illinois in 1977, Max | 21 |
| Stewart and his wife operated the Montgomery Ward catalog store | 22 |
| in Carlinville for several years; from 1981 to 1985, he worked |
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| as the farm broadcaster at the WSMI radio station, where he | 2 |
| created the "Auction Time" show, which still airs to this day; | 3 |
| he was also a leader in establishing the Montgomery County | 4 |
| Fair; and
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| WHEREAS, After his stint at WSMI, Max Stewart became a farm | 6 |
| broadcaster for KMOX and KXOK radio in St. Louis, finishing his | 7 |
| radio career on the Sun Radio Network; he then entered the | 8 |
| business of real estate and eventually opened his own agency, | 9 |
| Panhandle Realty in Raymond, where he was the owner and broker; | 10 |
| around the same time, he and his wife established Panhandle | 11 |
| Charity Tours, with proceeds from the Branson trips going to | 12 |
| many local causes; and
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| WHEREAS, Max Stewart was an avid sports fan who enjoyed | 14 |
| both the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues; he also | 15 |
| served as a referee for high school basketball games for 18 | 16 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Max Stewart was a member of Pleasant Hill | 18 |
| Christian Church in Raymond and the Illinois Association of | 19 |
| Realtors; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Max Stewart enjoyed fishing and watching his | 21 |
| grandchildren participate in a variety of sports; and
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| WHEREAS, Max Stewart was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 |
| his sister, Judy Lee; his sister's husband, Max Lee; and his | 3 |
| nephew, Andy Leach; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Max Stewart is survived by his wife, Karen; his | 5 |
| sons, Todd (Mary) Stewart, Randy Stewart, and Brett (DiLynn) | 6 |
| Stewart; his daughters, Keri (Bill) Krager and Jennifer (Joe) | 7 |
| Black; his grandchildren, Mathew Konneker, Josh, Randall, | 8 |
| Steven, Nathan, and Kevin Stewart, Jordan Black, Austin Hemken, | 9 |
| Tiffany and Taylor Krager, Rachel Armbruster, and Miranda | 10 |
| Eccher; his great-grandchildren, Christian and Kyra Konneker, | 11 |
| Gabe Stewart, and Zanden Lilly; his sister, Lois (Loren) | 12 |
| Guthals; and his father-in-law, Russell Wilton; therefore, be | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Max Stewart; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Max Stewart as an expression of our | 20 |
| sympathy.
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