Full Text of SR0378 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Jerry Dean Stead, who passed away on | 4 | | June 21, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Stead was born to Lyle and Gladys Minteer | 6 | | Stead in Millersburg on April 7, 1932; he graduated from Aledo | 7 | | High School; he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean | 8 | | Conflict between 1953 and 1954, and he was present at the | 9 | | signing of the Armistice on July 27, 1953; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After being honorably discharged, Jerry Stead | 11 | | turned to farming; he married Phyllis L. Gardner, and they had | 12 | | two children, Sharon Marie and Joseph Dean Stead, before later | 13 | | divorcing; he went on to work at Alcoa Aluminum; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Stead married Shirley A. Utz in Aledo in | 15 | | February 1967, and they combined their families, raising his | 16 | | two children and her three sons from her first marriage, Floyd | 17 | | Richard, Randall Wayne, and Robert Kevin Utz; for many years, | 18 | | the couple operated their own landscaping and nursery business | 19 | | in Viola; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Stead was preceded in death by his wife of | 21 | | 55 years, Shirley; his parents; his older brother, Jack Stead; |
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| 1 | | and his older sister and brother-in-law, Alice (Dick) Seaton; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jerry Stead is survived by his children, Sharon | 4 | | (John) Stead Tahere, Joe (Tracy) Stead, Floyd (Joyce) Utz, | 5 | | Randy (Sharon) Utz, Robert (Emelyne) Utz; his daughter-in-law, | 6 | | Kim Utz; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren, with two | 7 | | more on the way; his brothers-in-law, Dave (Laura) Creek, John | 8 | | (Becky) Creek, and Paul (Anita) Creek; his sisters-in-law, | 9 | | Bonnie Frieden, Ethel (Owen) Creek Conard, Mary (Rick) Creek | 10 | | Shaw, Gean Creek, Shirley Creek, and Shirley Creek; and a host | 11 | | of nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Jerry Dean Stead and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | 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 Jerry Stead as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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