Full Text of SR0871 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 Gene Franklin Smedley, of Bloomington, | 4 | | who passed away on August 9, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gene Smedley was born in Waverly to Roscoe B. and | 6 | | Mae (Lucas) Smedley on February 21, 1921; he graduated from | 7 | | Pekin High School; he received a bachelor's degree in history | 8 | | from Illinois College; he proudly served in the United States | 9 | | Navy during World War II as a commander of a supply ship; upon | 10 | | his discharge from the Navy, he earned a Master of Science in | 11 | | Journalism from Columbia University; he married Eileen McCann | 12 | | on December 19, 1945; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Gene Smedley began working for The Daily | 14 | | Pantagraph in Bloomington in 1948; he covered the Illinois | 15 | | General Assembly and was eventually promoted to the position of | 16 | | managing editor, from which he retired in 1982; he won numerous | 17 | | awards from the Associated Press and the United Press | 18 | | International; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Gene Smedley loved singing; he participated in the | 20 | | SPEBSQSA Barbershop Quartet and Chorus in Bloomington; his | 21 | | quartet won an international award in California in the 1950s; | 22 | | he could always be heard singing to his family and friends; his |
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| 1 | | passion was traveling the world every chance he got; he was a | 2 | | longtime Chicago Cubs fan and was overjoyed when they won the | 3 | | World Series; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Gene Smedley was preceded in death by his wife; | 5 | | his parents; and his six siblings, Glenn, Merle, Delmar, Ted, | 6 | | Betty, and Helen; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Gene Smedley is survived by his children, Michael | 8 | | James (Leona) Smedley and Mary Ann (Ron) Dillman; his | 9 | | grandchildren, Todd Smedley, Makayla Smedley, and Erik | 10 | | Dillman; his great-grandchildren, Carmen Dillman and Connor | 11 | | Dillman; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Gene Franklin Smedley, and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Gene Smedley as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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