Full Text of SR2448 99th General Assembly
SR2448 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR2448 | | LRB099 24059 MST 51684 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Rev. Rollin Gordon Oswald, who passed | 4 | | away on November 17, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to | 6 | | Gordon and Myrtle Oswald on June 17, 1925; he graduated from | 7 | | Roosevelt Senior High School in 1943 and enlisted in the United | 8 | | States Marines during World War II; he transferred to the | 9 | | United States Navy V12 program, where he earned a bachelor's | 10 | | degree from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, | 11 | | Pennsylvania during his service; upon being discharged, he | 12 | | studied at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, | 13 | | completing a Bachelor of Divinity; he married Loraine Jones in | 14 | | Cedar Rapids on June 20, 1948, and a year later, he was | 15 | | ordained in the Methodist Church; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald served as the Superintendent for the | 17 | | Cedar Rapids School District; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald and his wife served in churches across | 19 | | the state of Iowa, including in St. Ansgar, Little Cedar, | 20 | | Dubuque, Mount Vernon, Iowa Falls, and West Des Moines; in | 21 | | 1982, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from | 22 | | Simpson College; after retirement in 1988, he continued his |
| | | SR2448 | - 2 - | LRB099 24059 MST 51684 r |
|
| 1 | | ministry as an associate at St. James United Methodist Church | 2 | | and as Chaplain at Meth-Wick Community in Cedar Rapids; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald was an avid gardener, photographer, | 4 | | reader, and strong supporter of education; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald was preceded in death by his wife, | 6 | | Loraine; his brother, Gene Oswald; his sister, Doris West; his | 7 | | parents; his parents-in-law, Thomas and Mabel Jones; and his | 8 | | sister-in-law, Patricia Jones; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald is survived by his sons, Mark (Jo) | 10 | | Gordon, and Peter (Maureen) Thomas; his daughters, Deborah (Ed) | 11 | | Jones Tierney, and Rebekah Ann (Bob) Lane; his brother-in-law, | 12 | | Thomas Marion (Joyce) Jones Jr.; his grandchildren, Anne (Mark) | 13 | | Dysinger, Elizabeth (Alex) Pinnell, Amanda Oswald, Jessica | 14 | | (Jason) Davis, Peter (Brogan) Oswald II, Samuel Oswald, Jacob | 15 | | (Amanda) Steward, Jill (Tim) Henninger, Kate (Ross) Huff, | 16 | | Patrick Tierney, Allison Lane, and Ryan Lane; his | 17 | | great-grandchildren, Olivia and Benjamin Pinnell, Lucy | 18 | | Dysinger, Piper, Max, and Remy Davis, Carter Zilm, Charlee | 19 | | Steward, Kasten Henninger, and Rhett and Reid Huff; therefore, | 20 | | be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| | | SR2448 | - 3 - | LRB099 24059 MST 51684 r |
|
| 1 | | Rev. Rollin Gordon Oswald, and extend our sincere condolences | 2 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 3 | | it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Rev. Oswald as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
|
|