Full Text of SR0369 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 Woodrow George "Woody" Shadid of Normal, | 4 | | who passed away on April 20, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Woody Shadid was born in Bloomington to George and | 6 | | Nellie Samara Shadid on December 27, 1921; when he was a junior | 7 | | at Bloomington High School in 1933, he began delivering | 8 | | newspapers for the Pantagraph; after high school graduation, he | 9 | | became the full-time office boy and then the city circulation | 10 | | bookkeeper; he joined the United States Navy, where he was a | 11 | | chief petty officer on the U.S.S. LCI #1073 during World War | 12 | | II; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After returning from the Navy, Woody Shadid | 14 | | continued his career at the Pantagraph and worked as the | 15 | | assistant city circulation manager; by 1959, he was the | 16 | | national advertising manager; his next role was the director of | 17 | | advertising; in 1984, he was named the president of the | 18 | | International Advertising and Marketing Executives, an honor | 19 | | that usually goes to someone from a large city; he later used | 20 | | his marketing skills as the newspaper's "ambassador" and | 21 | | finally retired in 2007; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Woody Shadid served on many boards and committees, |
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| 1 | | often with his wife Jane, including the Alzheimer's | 2 | | Association, the American Red Cross of the Heartland, the | 3 | | Community Health Care Clinic, Family Services of McLean County, | 4 | | the Miller Park Zoo, and the United Way; his work with the | 5 | | Humane Society of Central Illinois had special meaning because | 6 | | of the love he had for his own dogs; he was a member of the | 7 | | Bloomington/Normal Sunrise Rotary Club and was recognized as a | 8 | | Paul Harris Fellow; he was inducted into the Bloomington High | 9 | | School Hall of Fame; he will be remembered as a snappy dresser, | 10 | | the Ambassador of Friendship, and the pre-eminent Community | 11 | | Volunteer and Fundraiser; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Woody Shadid was preceded in death by his parents | 13 | | and his siblings, William Shadid, Vicky Abdnour, and Madalyn | 14 | | Beasley; his sister, Dorothy Lyons, currently lives in | 15 | | Bloomington; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Woody Shadid married his first wife, Gertrude | 17 | | Ellen Whitenack, in 1942, and they had two sons, William (Jean) | 18 | | and Stephen (Marg); she preceded him in death in 1990; he | 19 | | married Jane Delgado in 1991, and she brought four daughters to | 20 | | their blended family, Terri (Craig), Sue, Debbie, and Leslie | 21 | | (Brad); they shared grandchildren, Bonnie, Andrew, Stephanie, | 22 | | Christina, Elena, Anthony, Alecia, Angela, Alex, and Shelby, | 23 | | and several great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Woodrow George "Woody" Shadid and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Woody Shadid as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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