Full Text of SR0144 99th 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 Donald W. "Don" Damewood of Champaign, | 4 | | who passed away on February 6, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood graduated from Champaign Central | 6 | | High School, where he played football and served as treasurer | 7 | | for his class reunions for many years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, Donald Damewood joined the | 9 | | United States Navy, where he served for several years in the | 10 | | Navy's Submarine Force on the USS Bugara; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, After his discharge from the Navy, Donald Damewood | 12 | | joined the Champaign Fire Department in June of 1957, serving | 13 | | as an engineer at Champaign Firefighters Local 1260 for 25 | 14 | | years until his retirement; he was a leader in both the local | 15 | | and State firefighters associations and worked tirelessly for | 16 | | the department's Firefighters Pension Fund; he was also an | 17 | | Emeritus Officer and a Central District Trustee for the | 18 | | Associated Firefighters of Illinois and was elected to serve as | 19 | | a trustee at the 16th Biennial Convention in Danville in 1966; | 20 | | he served as a Trustee until 1982; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood was a member of the American |
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| 1 | | Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Humane Society of the | 2 | | United States; he was also an active member of the Elks Club | 3 | | for over 60 years; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood enjoyed cooking and reading; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood was preceded in death by his | 6 | | sisters, Betty Ayers and Dorothy Nesmith, and his wife, Pat | 7 | | Damewood; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood is survived by his son, Keith | 9 | | Lustig and his life-partner, Matt Hurley, and recent companion, | 10 | | Barbara Bender; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Donald W. "Don" | 14 | | Damewood; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Donald Damewood as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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