Full Text of SR0092 101st 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 Dr. Thomas E. "Tom" Theobald OD of | 4 | | Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Bloomington, who passed | 5 | | away on February 2, 2019; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Tom Theobald was born in Springfield to Paul and | 7 | | Marguerite (Phillips) Theobald on October 15, 1940; he | 8 | | graduated from Tri-City High School; he then earned his | 9 | | Bachelor of Science from Culver-Stockton College, where he was | 10 | | also a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon; he earned his Doctor of | 11 | | Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry, where he | 12 | | was a member of Omega Delta; he married Joyce McMaster in | 13 | | Memphis, Tennessee on July 6, 1963; she preceded him in death; | 14 | | he later married Lynn Morford in Buffalo Hart on March 22, | 15 | | 2003; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Tom Theobald was a Captain in the Army Medical | 17 | | Service Corps and served as an optometry officer at Valley | 18 | | Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania during the Vietnam era; | 19 | | he had an optometry practice in Normal and worked as an adjunct | 20 | | professor at Illinois State University; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Tom Theobald was active in many civic | 22 | | organizations; he served as Chairman Emeritus of Citizens |
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| 1 | | Savings Bank (now Busey Bank) and as Vice Chairman of the | 2 | | Bloomington-Normal Sanitary District; he was a fellow of the | 3 | | American Academy of Optometry and held several offices in local | 4 | | and state optometric associations and the American Optometric | 5 | | Association; as President of the Normal Chamber of Commerce, he | 6 | | worked to create the McLean County Association of Commerce and | 7 | | Industry; he was a former member of the Normal Rotary Club and | 8 | | a former board member of the Bloomington Country Club; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Tom Theobald enjoyed creating computer | 10 | | applications with his friend, Dr. Gerry McKean; he earned his | 11 | | commercial pilot's license and enjoyed golfing, scuba diving, | 12 | | traveling, watchmaking, and, most of all, his family; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Tom Theobald was preceded in death by his sister, | 14 | | Linda (Paul) Smith; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Tom Theobald is survived by his wife, Lynn; his | 16 | | daughters, Ann (Brent) Hollenbeck and Jane (Marc) Stein; his | 17 | | brother, Dale (Linda) Theobald; his grandchildren, Kate | 18 | | Hollenbeck, Olivia Hollenbeck, Ellee Stein, and Nathan Stein; | 19 | | his sister-in-law, Jane (Clay) Wilson; his brother-in-law, | 20 | | Scott (Susan) Morford; and several cousins, nieces, and | 21 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Dr. Thomas E. "Tom" Theobald OD and extend our sincere | 3 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 4 | | him; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Tom Theobald as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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